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退ける · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Used for refusing proposals, requests, demands, or opinions, often with a sense of authority or firmness.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Used for repelling physical attacks, enemies, or threats, often in military or competitive contexts.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Used for forcing a person to leave a place or position, ranging from turning someone away at the door to removing someone from a post.

〈事こと〉を退しりぞけるto reject or turn down a proposal, request, or opinion
委い員いん会かいは彼かれの提てい案あんを退しりぞけた。
The committee rejected his proposal.
〈相あい手て〉を退しりぞけるto defeat or beat off an opponent
彼かれは決けっ勝しょうで強きょう敵てきを退しりぞけた。
He beat off a tough opponent in the final.
〈人ひと〉を役やく職しょくから退しりぞけるto remove someone from a post or position
会かい社しゃは不ふ正せいを働はたらいた社しゃ員いんを役やく職しょくから退しりぞけた。
The company removed the employee who had committed fraud from his position.

退しりぞくN1
退く (しりぞく) is the intransitive partner meaning to step back or retreat, while 退ける is the transitive verb meaning to push someone back or reject them.

断ことわるN3sense 1
断る is the everyday word for declining or refusing, while 退ける carries a stronger sense of authority or firm dismissal.
拒こばむN1sense 1
拒む emphasizes active resistance against a request or demand, whereas 退ける focuses on the formal act of rejecting it.
追おい払はらうN1sense 3
追い払う means to physically chase or drive someone away, while 退ける can describe the same act more formally or extend to abstract rejection.
撃げき退たい sense 2
撃退する specifically means to beat back an attacking force, a narrower and more combative use than the broader 退ける.
排はい除じょN1sense 3
排除する means to exclude or eliminate something systematically, while 退ける is often used for ousting a specific person from a place or post.

受うけ入いれるN2sense 1
受け入れる means to accept or take in, the direct opposite of 退ける in the sense of refusing a proposal or request.

避さけるN3
除ける means to dodge or set something aside, while 退ける means to reject, repel, or expel with a sense of authority.

Compound of しりぞく (退く, 'to retreat') and the transitive verb suffix ける, meaning 'to make retreat' or 'to push back'.