отклоня́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• deflect verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
• disallow verb To refuse to allow.
• dismiss verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
• divert verb To change the direction or course of something.
• overrule verb To reject or reverse a decision using higher authority.
• refuse verb To say no to a request, offer, or order.
• repel verb To drive back or fight off an attack or attacker.

Senses

отклоня́ть is used for these senses in English:

• deflect (transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
• disallow To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
• dismiss (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
• overrule (transitive, legal) To dismiss or throw out (a protest or objection) at a court.
• refuse (transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
• repel (transitive) To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). [from 15th c.]
• turn down (idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.

deflect — full definition

1. verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
2. verb To avoid dealing directly with a question, criticism, or blame.

disallow — full definition

1. verb To refuse to allow.
2. verb To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
3. verb To overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council.

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