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spurn

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Verb

  1. To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
  2. To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
  3. To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)
  4. To kick or toss up the heels.

Noun

  1. An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
  2. A kick; a blow with the foot.
  3. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
  4. A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.

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