Definition of "declined" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of decline. (verb)

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• "After being criticized for releasing stridently homophobic recordings by the comedian Andrew Dice Clay, the label declined an album by Houston rappers the Geto Boys that included a track, “Mind of a Lunatic,” which described murdering a woman and having sex with her corpse."
• "Presented as a single by Jagger to fulfill a contractual obligation to DECCA records, the label declined to release it."
• "A spokeswoman for the label declined to comment on his arrest Thursday."