Admit and Want

Admit

Admit verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

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

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

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

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

love	admit love	want love
part	admit part	want part
truth	admit truth	want truth
name	admit name	want name
Other words: relationship, time, way, story, song, women.

Then they have a big "I want to help you, but I like my own life" thing, where she probably was about to admit she'd love for Ash to be a boy again, because she wants in his pants, but not as a girl.

Source: Angst? What Angst?
Probably that he didn't want it to look like he couldn't even hook up with a drunk woman, but he also wouldn't want to admit that the best he could get was Marcy.

Source: Did They or Didn't They?
They want to help, but they don't want to admit it, so they offer help in the least nicely way possible by pointing out how much they suck at it (which may or may not be true).

Source: Blunder Correcting Impulse

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