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

Still, Dedra has, to date, been more accepting than Syril of the moral and procedural compromises required to move up through the Imperial world. —Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 7 May 2025

As the ground becomes submerged and then reappears, water-logged, altered yet resilient, so too Munir rises from his inner darkness, still carrying the burden of exile but able to continue his existence, more accepting of his impermanence in light of a greater concept of home. —Jay D. Weissberg, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025

Her reaction to their deaths is much more visceral and less accepting. —Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 May 2025

His predecessors John Paul II and Benedict XVI were far less accepting of LGBTQ people. —Shantel Guzman, CBS News, 6 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for accepting

• excepting
• intercepting