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ablehnen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • decline verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
  • deprecate verb To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
  • dislike verb To not like something or someone; to feel aversion toward.
  • forbid verb To order someone not to do something; to prohibit.
  • loathe verb To hate or feel intense disgust toward someone or something.
  • oppose verb To disagree with or actively resist something.
  • opt out verb To choose not to take part in something you would otherwise be included in automatically.
  • quash verb To officially cancel or reject a legal decision, charge, or order.
  • refuse verb To say no to a request, offer, or order.
  • reject verb To refuse to accept, believe, or agree to something.
  • reprobate adj Rejected; cast off as worthless.
  • snub verb To deliberately ignore or treat someone coldly, as an insult.

Senses

ablehnen is used for these senses in English:

  • decline (transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
  • deprecate (transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
  • dislike (transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. [from 16th c.]
  • forbid (transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
  • loathe (transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).
  • oppose To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
  • opt out To choose not to participate in something.
  • refuse (transitive) To decline (a request or demand).

decline — full definition

  1. verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
  2. verb To politely refuse an offer or invitation.
  3. noun A gradual decrease or worsening.

deprecate — full definition

  1. verb To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
  2. verb To belittle, depreciate.
  3. verb To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
  4. verb To pray against.

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