EMBRACEMENT Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

embracement

noun

Definition of embracement

as in acceptance

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Recent Examples of embracement But Cygnet Infinity—which received gold at the Spirits Business’s Low & No Masters 2026 Awards—is less about abstinence than embracement. — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026 That embracement has helped the military enlist between 128,000 and 190,000 new service members annually since the 1990s, even though some armed forces, especially the Army, have struggled to meet their recruiting goals in the past few years. — Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Thomas Edison improved the ticker in 1869, helping the technology gain widespread acceptance.

— Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026
That first flight, which will launch from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 3 on Wallops Island, Virginia, also depends on the successful completion of the vehicle's qualification testing and acceptance program, according to the company.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of acceptance

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

After Alvarez rounded the bases, the two met at home plate and shared a long embrace before walking back to the dugout.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The production was full of nostalgia for an imagined past when the small screen was more ascendant and apolitical, with tributes to Charlie’s Angels and Dolly Parton shirking any embrace of the form’s progressive history.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

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