Accept
Withstand
Withstand verb - To refuse to give in to.
Accept and withstand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accept" instead a verb "Withstand".
Nearby Word: withstanding
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| power | accept power | withstand power |
| punishment | accept punishment | withstand punishment |
| powers | accept powers | withstand powers |
Both words in one sentence
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Also, the Inquisition cannot seem to accept the fact that the Ghosts can withstand Chaos taint with their sheer badassery and concludes that it must have had something to do with the swamp that they were living in.
Source: Literature / Gaunt's Ghosts -
If you've got the strength to withstand the incredibly painful and often fatal ritual of the Joining, thus gaining elevated skills and abilities with which you can fight the darkspawn, they'll accept you into the fold with no questions asked.
Source: Above Good and Evil
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