Acceptance - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank
- a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations (syn: sufferance, toleration)
- the act of taking something that is offered
he anticipated their acceptance of his offer
Extra examples
The university has sent me a letter of acceptance.
He delivered an acceptance speech after he was chosen as the party's presidential nominee.
The Party is being degraded by its acceptance of secret donations.
Several shareholders have withdrawn earlier acceptances of the offer.
Neither John nor I were sportsmen in the proper acceptance of the word.
He wrote a letter of acceptance (=a letter in which you agree to accept a job, university place etc) to the university.
There is still not widespread acceptance that fathers can care for children as well as mothers do.
This management style gained acceptance in the 1980s.
By the end of the trial, Nicolas moved towards acceptance of his fate.
Acceptance by their peer group is important to most youngsters.
His theories have not yet found full acceptance.
Her theories are slowly gaining acceptance.
Her theories have begun to win grudging acceptance in the scientific community.
...a sermon about modern society's casual acceptance of or indifference to immorality...
...the nominee's jubilant acceptance speech before the cheering crowd...
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