Okay... I have a problem remembering a word. I know the word, but can't remember it--has that ever happened to you? It does to me all the time. Anyway, I have to remember or it'll drive me crazy.
It's another word for "bow out" or decline....
Like when you decide to respectfully decline a nomination... or something. Please help...
2007-03-08 14:10:06 · 7 answers · asked by stephenjwalk 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Defer
beg off, brush off*, corn, decline, demur, desist, ding, disaccord, disallow, disapprove, dispense with, dissent, dodge, evade, fluff off, hold back, hold off, hold out, ignore, make excuses, nix*, not budge, not buy*, pass up, protest, rebuff, regret, reject, repel, reprobate, repudiate, say no, send off*, send regrets*, set aside*, shun, spurn, thumbs down, turn away, turn down, turn from, withdraw, withhold
2007-03-08 14:13:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Synonyms for decline include refuse, demur, defer to someone else,
2007-03-08 22:16:57 · answer #2 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abdicate?
Demur?
refuse?
relinquish?
cede?
I just looked at the list of another respondent--it's renounce, isn't it?
2007-03-08 22:24:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
abjure, abstain, avoid, balk, bypass, demur, deny, desist, disapprove, dismiss, forbear, forgo, gainsay, not accept, not buy, pass on*, refrain, refuse, reject, renounce, reprobate, repudiate, send regrets, shy, spurn, turn down
2007-03-08 22:19:08 · answer #4 · answered by Dawnita 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about withdraw? Or possibly refrane?
2007-03-08 22:23:18 · answer #5 · answered by Ted T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about refuse or turn down? Or maybe reject or excuse yourself.
2007-03-08 22:14:16 · answer #6 · answered by chicki_blue_eyez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pass
opt out
2007-03-12 20:49:13 · answer #7 · answered by Bird 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋