Definition of Acceptable

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Definition of Acceptable
	Acceptable Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us. Related Definitions: Acceptable, Accepted, Agreeable, An, As, Being, Capable, Gratifying, Of, One, Or, Pleasing, Pleasure, Present, Received, Receiver, Sure, To, Us, Welcome, With, Worthy

Acceptable Quotations

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.
Richard Dawkins

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.
Ambrose Bierce

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Franz Kafka

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
George Santayana

I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.
Richard M. Nixon

You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.
Fred Rogers

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
Sydney J. Harris

Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching, look like the only attitude acceptable to today's standards.
Pope Benedict XVI

Acceptable Translations

acceptable in Dutch is acceptabel, aanvaardbaar, aannemelijk
acceptable in French is acceptable, potable, licite
acceptable in German is annehmbare, annehmbar
acceptable in Norwegian is akseptabelt
acceptable in Spanish is aceptable, admisible, permisible, razonable
acceptable in Swedish is acceptabelt, godtagbart

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