Accept
Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.
Usage example: some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins
Contest
Contest verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
Usage example: vowed to contest the claim in court
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The US does allow defendants to plead "no contest" (nolo contendere), or "Without admitting guilt, I do not wish to contest the prosecution's argument," but the judge has to accept the plea.
Source: Artistic License Law - He tries to give it back, claiming that it hadn't been a fair contest, but Inuyama is too proud to accept it.
Source: I Feel Guilty, You Take It -
There, they give her a series of quests to do before they will accept her as a rightful Thor (they also had her do a drinking contest as well to see if she could her liquor).
Source: The Need for Mead
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