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acceptance

noun

Definition of acceptancenext
1
as in obedience
a readiness or willingness to accept or adapt to a given circumstance She eventually reached an acceptance of her mother's sometimes challenging eccentricities.

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2
as in approval
permission given to do something They had a fancy dinner to celebrate his acceptance to Columbia University.

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Recent Examples of acceptance Defying the odds, Onwards and Sideways emerges as a stirring lesson on learning to address the inevitable with grace and acceptance. — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 This approach can help reduce implementation risks, improve employee acceptance and demonstrate tangible business value before larger investments are made. — Nishkam Batta, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Stanford has an undergraduate acceptance rate of about 4%, according to Niche. — Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Your reinvention era is about self-reflection and radical acceptance. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for acceptance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acceptance
  1. obedience
  2. approval
  3. acquiescence
  4. accreditation
  5. compliance
  6. agreement
  7. submissiveness
  8. confirmation
Noun
  • The family sent both Pips and Ruth to obedience training with a family friend and professional dog trainer, where Pips began learning sign commands.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Timidity dissolves into might, selfishness gives place to broad-reaching love, incompetence is replaced with obedience to God’s perfect direction.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of obedience
Noun
  • Libra September 23 – October 22 A personal decision may expose how much outside approval still matters to you.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The Times spoke with her on the seventh floor of an apartment building under construction in West Los Angeles — one made possible by her order fast-tracking approval of affordable housing.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of approval
Noun
  • But many assumptions that Stratos’ investors or Utah politicians might have had about Box Elder County – about either the acquiescence of its people or the barrenness of its landscape – have been proved wrong over the past few months.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Oil has long funded the Gulf’s expensive social contract, in which governments provide citizens with cushy jobs and high-quality services in return for political acquiescence.
    — Dina Esfandiary, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of acquiescence
Noun
  • To this end, Nemecek and her colleagues have been working on projects like ACCESS Initiative, in partnership with NMDP, in order to start training community centers and equip them with accreditation needed to collect cells.
    — Charlotte Hu, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Conducted by independent health and safety experts, this review led to changes to our stadium accreditation criteria for the 2026-27 season.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of accreditation
Noun
  • Between 26 and 35 vessels per day have transited this week, down from the 35 to 40 daily average of the prior eight weeks, according to Dimitris Ampatzidis, maritime risk and compliance manager at Kpler.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • These actions are precautionary compliance and risk-control measures.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of compliance
Noun
  • After a group of civil rights groups sued Cooper’s gubernatorial administration in 2020 over COVID-19 infection risks, a North Carolina Superior Court judge ordered the two sides to reach an agreement.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Under the new agreement, Google will receive environmental attribute certificates (EACs) from a portion (up to 91,000 metric tons) of the steel produced in Stegra’s first year of production.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of agreement
Noun
  • Attraction is a function of parentage and looks and submissiveness.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • But for Coles, his indoctrination to law enforcement has been a different level of submissiveness.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Definition of submissiveness
Noun
  • The agreement therefore marks a development step rather than confirmation that the MsNB has entered operational deployment.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The spacecraft gathered more detailed pictures last fall, followed by confirmation of the discovery early this year.
    — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of confirmation

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