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Acceptance

noun

The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true. Synonym: credence. "Acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years"

The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception. Synonyms: acceptation, adoption, espousal. "The proposal found wide acceptance"

The state of being acceptable and accepted. Antonym: rejection.

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

Banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank. Synonym: banker's acceptance.

A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations. Synonyms: sufferance, toleration.

The act of taking something that is offered. "He anticipated their acceptance of his offer"

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"Acceptance" Quotes from Famous Books

... the hearts of matron, youth, and sire; Painting such grotesque shadows on the wall, The stripling looms a giant stout and tall, While they whose statures reach the common height Seem spectres mocking the hilarious night. From hand to hand the ripened fruit went round, And rural sports a pleased acceptance found; The youthful fiddler on his three-legged stool, Fancied himself at least an Ole Bull; Some easy bumpkin, seated on the floor, Hunted the slipper till his ribs were sore; Some chose the graceful waltz or lively reel, ...

— Hesperus - and Other Poems and Lyrics • Charles Sangster

... speculation of much interest how it was that Galen's views on Medicine received universal acceptance, and made him the dictator in this realm of knowledge for ages after his death. He was not precisely a genius, though a very remarkable man, and he established no sect of his own. The reason of his power lay ...

— Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine • James Sands Elliott

... in a second; almost immediately the tension on the pale face relaxed, and into the eyes there came that look of acceptance—nearly akin to fatalism—an acceptance of which the strong alone are capable, for with them it only comes in the face of ...

— El Dorado • Baroness Orczy

... to be told that I accused Mrs. Boswell unjustly, in supposing that she bears me ill-will. I love you so much, that I would be glad to love all that love you, and that you love; and I have love very ready for Mrs. Boswell, if she thinks it worthy of acceptance. I hope all the young ...

— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 3 • Boswell, Edited by Birkbeck Hill

... "Jenks," but "Robert," in the girl's voice. Something terrible had happened. It was a cry of supreme distress. Mortal agony or overwhelming terror alone could wring that name from her lips. Precisely in such moments this man acted with the decision, the unerring judgment, the instantaneous acceptance of great risk to accomplish great results, that marked him out as ...

— The Wings of the Morning • Louis Tracy

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