kieltäytyä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abstain verb To deliberately not take part in something, especially eating, drinking, or voting.
- balk noun A strip of land left unploughed between fields.
- decline verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
- forbear verb To stop yourself from doing something, or to stay away from it.
- refuse verb To say no to a request, offer, or order.
- scorn verb To feel or show strong contempt for someone or something.
Senses
kieltäytyä is used for these senses in English:
- abstain (intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- decline (transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
- forbear (intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
- pass up (idiomatic, transitive) To refuse (not accept); forgo.
- scorn (transitive) To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
- set aside (transitive) To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.
balk — full definition
- noun A strip of land left unploughed between fields.
- noun The wall of soil left standing at the side of a dig.
- noun A large squared piece of timber used as a beam in building, for example to hold up a loft.
- noun Something that stops or disappoints someone; an obstacle.
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