décliner

Meaning

to decline, to refuse

Example

He politely declined the offer without giving the slightest explanation.

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 39 of them.

More words at level B2

• délicat delicate, sensitive
• démarche procedure, approach
• dénoncer to denounce, to expose
• déployer to deploy, to introduce
• dérisoire derisory, laughable
• dérive drift, slide
• détourner to divert, to embezzle
• enjeu stake, issue

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