Acknowledged
Acknowledged adjective - Recognized or made known or admitted.
Refused is an antonym for acknowledged.
Refused
Both words in one sentence
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Even when the NFL acknowledged that they blew the penalty call later that week, they refused to call it interference and instead said it was a blown holding call.
- Before his HeelFace Turn in both the canon and fic, Alain is what Samus would have been like if she refused to acknowledged the flaws of humanity and lived to subjugate them.
Source: Shadow Archetype -
The developers even acknowledged that people had found the severed leg, but they refused to give further information.
Source: Urban Legend of Zelda
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