### Clue: Expressed rejection of award involving Member that's passed on (8)
### Answer: EMBODIED 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Expressed
 **Reversal of**(rejection of) OBE(abbrev. for the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, an honour awarded by the UK sovereign) **containing**(involving) M(abbrev. for "Member") **plus**(that's) DIED(passed on from this world).
Defn: Expressed an idea, a quality or a feeling in a tangible or visible form.