Accept and Keep

Accept

Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.

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Keep and accept are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Accept".

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Accept and keep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accept" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

power	accept power	keep power
life	accept life	keep life
people	accept people	keep people
word	accept word	keep word
Other words: job, relationship, fact, way, world, money, story, existence, anyone, powers.

Applejack resents Twilight Sparkle, to the extent that she'd rather keep suffering than accept help from Twilight.

Source: Web Video / Friendship Is For Adults
If the villain does accept the hero's help — even if they begged for it — more often than not, they will be complete ingrates and keep trying to kill the hero, sometimes even immediately.

Source: Save the Villain
Besides feeling like she was nothing when in comparison to Rose, Pearl put Rose on a pedestal and couldn't accept that Rose would keep stuff even from her.

Source: Single Woman Seeks Good Man

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