accept

/əkˈsept/ verb

Definition

B1 to take something that someone offers you: He accepted the job. He won’t accept advice from anyone.

› to say that something is true, often something bad: He refuses to accept that he made a mistake.

accept responsibility/blame › to admit that you caused something bad that happened: I accept full responsibility for the accident.

(Definition of accept verb from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

false, not real or not legal

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