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

Kissel asked if the public was more accepting of moving forward with such legislation. —Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025

Every parent isn’t always so accepting of that new information. —J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025

Nickerson: [With Jeff], that really grew out of wanting to tell the Shauna story and to bring her to a point where the person that knows her the best in the world, has always been so accepting, to have that person, not turn on her, but no longer be able to extend that benefit of the doubt. —Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025

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

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for accepting

• excepting
• intercepting