recognize(ACCEPT)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Refusing & rejecting
abjuration
abjure
abnegate
abnegation
bar
bat something/someone away
decline
disavow
gainsay
opt
opt out
pass on
pass something up
punt on something
quit
rebel
refuse
sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a bargepole/barge poleidiom
tear
would not do something for all the tea in Chinaidiom
Examples of derecognize
derecognize
In forming the municipalities, residents
derecognize the official authorities and elect their own.
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Employers may
derecognize a union if they no longer employ 21 or more workers.
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Workers may
derecognize a union which either no longer has support from its members, or if union memberhship falls below 50%.
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