spurn
to reject with contempt or disdain
Word origin: From Old English spurnan, to kick away.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.
Using “spurn” well
Spurn means to reject with contempt or disdain, a refusal that scorns rather than merely declines. The disdainful attitude distinguishes it from a neutral rejection.
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