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

That Vince McMahon Rejected One of the reasons Saraya is considering returning to WWE is because the company is more accepting of wrestlers doing things outside of the promotion. —Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025

The authors of the study found that people who valued openness to change were not only more accepting of divorce, but also more likely to take action when dissatisfied. —Mark Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025

Teens are more accepting of using ChatGPT for research (54%) than for writing essays (18%) or solving math problems (29%). —Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025

That’s because younger companies tend to be more accepting of remote work than older, more entrenched ones. —Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for accepting

• excepting
• intercepting