accepting

adjective

ac·​cept·​ing ik-ˈsep-tiŋ 

ak-

1

: able or willing to accept something or someone : inclined to regard something or someone with acceptance rather than with hostility or fear

—often + of

I had become more accepting of death as an inevitable and natural part of life …

—Nigel Farndalem

2

: tending to regard different types of people and ways of life with tolerance and acceptance

His parents are very accepting people.

acceptingly adverb

We are the masters of our own minds, and we can learn to think better, more openly and acceptingly, while still staying safe; we can make this a better place for us all.

—Maia Rizzi

acceptingness noun

Which was why it was such a miracle for me, her acceptingness of me. I mean, I really mean acceptingness—not acceptance but acceptingness.

—Gordon Lish

Examples of accepting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Split among parties, Democrats are more accepting of age, with 70% feeling confident about an elderly commander in chief over the 61% of Republicans who don't mind the advanced age. —Javier Zarracina, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024

In what is an ironic twist, WWE fans probably would have been much more accepting of The Rock returning to face Rhodes had Rock just won the Royal Rumble. —Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024

Would the obligations be different in the case of a heterosexual couple, which society is more accepting of? —Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024

Players might be more accepting of dressing in a crowded locker room or answering questions on behalf of a player who speaks infrequently if the responsible party is someone like Ohtani than, say, the notoriously churlish Bonds. —Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024

Other states have been more accepting of the technology, and the National Deer Association provides an overview of state laws around drones and hunting in its latest Annual Deer Report. —Hayden Sammak, Outdoor Life, 8 Feb. 2024

Takeaway With Generation Alpha, expect to see a new group of people who are more accepting of differences, more socially adept, tech-savvy, and perhaps more cognizant of complex issues like climate change. —Sarah Cottrell, Parents, 30 Jan. 2024

Many Mesoamerican cultures, including the Zapotec civilization that dominated this region for centuries, were more accepting of gender diversity than the Spanish who first arrived in the 16th century, researchers say. —Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024

Book-Rand is still in pretty serious denial about his channeling ability at this point, where show-Rand has been more accepting of it. —Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1