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acceptance

acceptance

101 2.9
Willingness to be friendly to people and ideas that are different
  • noun
  • /əkˈsɛptəns/
translation icon : aceptación
  • So I'm a firm believer that acceptance brings peace, all right?
  • peer acceptance
  • social acceptance
  • self-acceptance

So I'm a firm believer that acceptance brings peace, all right?

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Examples

  • The greatest power you will hold is that of acceptance.

  • Honesty and acceptance of one's body.

  • And I think acceptance is like the right path towards peace.

  • You know, it's the acceptance of each other.

  • First you need awareness of it, then you need acceptance, and then you need action.

  • Replace that worry with acceptance.

  • The secret ingredient is acceptance, which is what you should give Jane when you see her.

  • Acceptance soon takes the place of denial.

  • And now acceptance of LGBT people is going down.

  • acceptance of diverse cultures is essential for fostering global harmony.

Synonyms

tolerance
vsacceptance
160 3.7

Willingness to accept beliefs or lifestyles different from your own

adds a sense of embracing differences and not protesting them
reception
vsacceptance
74 3.4

The way people react to a person, idea or action

is about an individual's readiness to embrace differences rather than others' reactions
inclusiveness
vsacceptance
7 3.8

Making everyone feel welcome and treating them fairly

focuses more on personal readiness to embrace differences than on group fairness
toleration
vsacceptance
6 5.1

Accepting people, beliefs, or actions that are different from your own

is more about inward readiness to embrace differences rather than formal allowance
acceptingness
vsacceptance
7.0

Being ready to welcome new people, ideas or situations

is broader, also including allowing and embracing differences without protest
acceptation
vsacceptance
  • Archaic
9.8

An act of receiving something with approval

is wider, covering quiet allowing of differences even without approval
welcomeness
vsacceptance
3.9

How much a person or place makes people feel wanted and comfortable

is about inner readiness to embrace differences, not about making others comfortable

Antonyms

180 3.0

Not being accepted by people or a group

50 4.6

Not willing to accept small annoyances or people with different views

Compounds

Accepting yourself as you are, including your strengths and weaknesses

More approval or tolerance from many people in a group

Support and recognition of people who are transgender

acceptance sampling
  • Specialized
6.0

A method of checking a few items from a product batch to decide if the whole batch is good enough

banker's acceptance
  • Specialized
8.1

A written promise by a bank to pay a set amount on a future date

trade acceptance
  • Specialized
8.0

A written promise by a buyer to pay the seller on a set date

How Accepting

embrace
20 3.4
acceptance
101 2.9
tolerance
160 3.7
rejection
180 3.0

Surface Forms

acceptance singular
acceptances plural

Morphology

acceptance = accept (transparent) = accept + ance

The sense 'willingness to tolerate or embrace' is a direct, extended meaning of 'accept' and follows the noun-formation pattern.

Etymology

Acceptance comes from old Latin parts ad- 'to' and capere 'to take', which gives the image of 'taking in' without fighting. That is why acceptance can mean a calm willingness to let different people or ideas be.