acceptance
The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
Other meanings
An instance of that act.
Belief in something; agreement, assent.
Synonyms
- adoption
Related words
- banker's acceptance
- trade acceptance
- disacceptance
- nonacceptance
- overacceptance
- postacceptance
- reacceptance
- unacceptance
- underacceptance
- acceptance house
- acceptance speech
- acceptance test
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "accepter".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “acceptance” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.