Accept and Wish

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

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

Wish verb - To offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable.

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Accept and wish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accept" instead a verb "Wish".

Nearby Words: wished, wishful, wishing, wishfully, wisher

life	accept life	wish life
people	accept people	wish people
role	accept role	wish role
marriage	accept marriage	wish marriage
Other words: job, someone, death, fact, way, world, story, nothing, reality, anyone.

He sacrificed his own life to have his final wish granted - his wish was for the Holy Empire to accept Magi as part of their military.

Source: Posthumous Character
However, if the film is at least half over, I will accept said item from a dying comrade we've gotten to know well, if his dying wish is to "make sure this gets to my wife" or similar.

Source: Just For Fun / How to Survive a War Movie
A literal Knight Templar who's only wish is to save his people, yet frequently ends up at odds with the heroes due to being a Wide-Eyed Idealist who won't accept any shades of grey.

Source: Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains

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