Definition of accepting
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.
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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
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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
