Accept and Negative

Accept

Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.
Usage example: some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins

Negative is an antonym for accept.

Negative

Negative verb - To declare not to be true.
Usage example: the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection

Accept is an antonym for negative.

Both words in one sentence

  • Gaia's Vengeance When all the tests come up negative, that's when the Count will accept effacement, but not before.
  • Getting Smilies Painted on Your Soul One of the conditions for keeping this new power was that it couldn't be used to do anything negative such as killing Superman and Luthor being Luthor couldn't accept that.
  • The Stoic Biscuit in Goblins is a member of the Roak clan, who train their warriors to openly accept pain and loss, and to never burden themselves with negative emotions.
    Source: The Stoic
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Negative and Accept. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/accept/negative
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Negative or Accept. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/accept/negative.
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