Accepting
Accepting adjective - Tolerating without protest.
Refuse is an antonym for accepting in topics: put up with, consenting, believe the goodness, receive something given physically, allow into group.
Refuse
Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
Both words in one sentence
- In Invincible, the titular character reacts this way after accepting An Offer You Can't Refuse, even though it was the only way to avoid an Earth-Shattering Kaboom.
- He noted that the main reason history repeats is because people refuse to consider how different the past is from the present, unironically accepting Roman civilization as an inspiration while ignoring all its flaws and defects.
Source: History Repeats
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