acceptance
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- n the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years - n the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
the proposal found wide acceptance - n the state of being acceptable and accepted
torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club - n (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
- n banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank
- n a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
- n the act of taking something that is offered
her acceptance of the gift encouraged him
he anticipated their acceptance of his offer
- John McCain summed up his personal virtues, but PTI's political columnist thinks the acceptance speech felt flat.
- Eight years after the terrorist attacks on 911, Muslim Americans -- particularly Muslim-American women -- continue to face battles in their struggle for acceptance.
- It took a decade of research for the term acceptance and commitment therapy to first show up in a scientific paper, in 1991.