Accept
Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.
Declines
Both words in one sentence
- However, in the end the Assassin's Guild declines to accept more commissions on him.
Source: Evil Only Has to Win Once -
Roan considers it, but declines because he knows that the Ice Nation would never forgive him or accept him as their King in that situation.
Source: Series / The 100 -
Arthur does return briefly to ask if Robin will accept the responsibility, which he politely declines (citing his responsibilities as the Son of Herne the Hunter).
Source: Myth / King Arthur
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Declines and Accept. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/accept/declines
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