Acceptance

[ac·cep·tance]

Acceptance is taking something given to you. You might be relieved by your friend's acceptance of your apology for accidentally riding your bike over his foot.

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The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.

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the act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"

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the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"

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a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace"

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the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years"

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(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

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banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank

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the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club"

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The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.

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State of being accepted; acceptableness.

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An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.

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The bill itself when accepted.

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An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

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An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.

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Meaning; acceptation.

Acceptance

Ac*cept"ance , n. 1. The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.
They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar.
2. State of being accepted; acceptableness. "Makes it assured of acceptance." Shak. 3. (Com.) (a) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance. (b) The bill itself when accepted. 4. An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner. 5. (Law) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law. &hand; What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty. Mozley & W. &hand; In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. Acceptance of a bill of exchange, check, draft, ∨ order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word "accepted" across the face of the bill. Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under Accept.

The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.

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Usage Examples

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man's dreams, man's illness, man's redemption from the misery of poverty - poverty which can no longer be for him a sign of the acceptance of life.

I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artist's early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

I think it's important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I'd bring things to class that I'd cooked at home.

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Other Usage Examples

Bad humor is an evasion of reality good humor is an acceptance of it.

Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.

Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human.

Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

Acceptance of the power of God in one's life lays the groundwork for personal commitment to both science and Christianity, which so often have been in conflict.

I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived.

I've stopped apologizing to myself for having this great period of success and financial acceptance.

I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.