отклоня́ть — meaning in English
otklonyat
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English meaning
- deflect verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
- disallow verb To refuse to permit something.
- 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
- verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
- verb To avoid dealing directly with a question, criticism, or blame.
disallow — full definition
- verb To refuse to permit something.
- verb To reject something as false, invalid or wrong.
- verb (law) For the monarch, acting with the Privy Council, to overrule a law passed by a colony.
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