Accept
Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.
Mend
Mend verb - To put into good shape or working order again.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| life | accept life | mend life |
| relationship | accept relationship | mend relationship |
| way | accept way | mend way |
Both words in one sentence
- In the Chinese film Wait 'til You're Older, the protagonist Kwong is able to finally accept his stepmother and mend the rifts in his family.
- Sometimes one of the mentors is proved to be right (in which case the other mentor is likely to accept that and mend their ways or, as you might guess, turn evil).
Source: Opposed Mentors
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Mend and Accept. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/accept/mend
Accept & Mend. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/accept/mend>.
Mend or Accept. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/accept/mend.
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