acceptance

[ ak-sep-tuhns ]

noun

1. the act of taking or receiving something offered.
2. favorable reception; approval; favor.
3. the act of assenting or believing:

   acceptance of a theory.

4. the fact or state of being accepted or acceptable ( def ).
5. acceptation ( def 1 ).
6. Commerce.
   1. an engagement to pay an order, draft, or bill of exchange when it becomes due, as by the person on whom it is drawn.
   2. an order, draft, etc., that a person or bank has accepted as calling for payment and has thus promised to pay.

acceptance

/ əkˈsɛptəns /

noun

1. the act of accepting or the state of being accepted or acceptable
2. favourable reception; approval
3. often foll by of belief (in) or assent (to)
4. commerce
   1. a formal agreement by a debtor to pay a draft, bill, etc
   2. the document so accepted Compare bank acceptance
5. plural a list of horses accepted as starters in a race
6. contract law words or conduct by which a person signifies his assent to the terms and conditions of an offer or agreement

Other Words From

• nonac·ceptance noun
• preac·ceptance noun
• proac·ceptance adjective
• reac·ceptance noun
• self-ac·ceptance noun
• unac·ceptance noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of acceptance¹

First recorded in 1565–75; accept + -ance

Example Sentences

Colleges and universities must evaluate their acceptance procedures and cost structures.

From Fortune

Mental health is a serious issue, but it’s also a deeply complex one and there’s growing acceptance among leaders that it’s time businesses made mental health a priority.

From Digiday

On Thursday evening during his acceptance speech, the president got at stocks, but barely.

From Vox

What I try to really help people with in my book, and I’m doing a course on this for the first time in September, is to help people realize that acceptance is what leads to wholeness.

From Nautilus

In addition to other forms of community involvement, it holds monthly support group meetings with the goal of fostering understanding and acceptance within families.

From No Straight News

And the capital city is a veritable utopia of acceptance and integration.

From The Daily Beast

A better taxonomy would break us up by words like Acceptance, Partial Denial, and Total Denial.

From The Daily Beast

In your acceptance speech at the National Book Awards, you said, “War is too strange to be processed alone.”

From The Daily Beast

For the first time since I put my acceptance letter in the mail, I woke up this morning ashamed of my alma mater.

From The Daily Beast

Removing distinctions like “plus-size” would get her and millions of other women closer to that level of acceptance.

From The Daily Beast

This acceptance is based upon a transaction involving the importation or exportation of goods.

From Project Gutenberg

Accordingly he carries to court a beautiful barb, and requests his majesty's acceptance of it.

From Project Gutenberg

Strength is given him to do it with acceptance; and, through marvellous grace, he stands among the children of the Covenant!

From Project Gutenberg

In every contract there is an offer made by one party and an acceptance or refusal by the other.

From Project Gutenberg

Suppose he should receive an acceptance by letter or telegraph but deny it, and insist that no contract had been made.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• accession
• acknowledgment
• admission
• adoption
• affirmation
• agreement
• approval
• concession
• recognition