Accept and Want

Accept

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

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Want and accept are semantically related in get topic. In some cases you can use "Want" instead a verb "Accept".

Want verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.

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Accept and want are semantically related in get topic. Sometimes you can use "Accept" instead a verb "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

love	accept love	want love
help	accept help	want help
power	accept power	want power
life	accept life	want life
Other words: people, idea, job, truth, relationship, someone, way, challenge, world, money, story, nothing, anyone.

That said, there are many High Entia, both named NPCs and regular NPCs, that accept and want to live in harmony with the other races.

Source: Videogame / Xenoblade
The love interest doesn't accept or even appear to want one, instead pointing out her flaws in driving people away.

Source: Rejected Apology
They offer to help out with the runaway carbon emissions problem, but politicians don't want to accept... Terraforming: Humanity starts using Constellation tech to work on terraforming Mars.

Source: Literature / Constellation Games

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