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Definition of Acceptance

Acceptance The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc. State of being accepted; acceptableness. An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance. The bill itself when accepted. An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner. An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law. Meaning; acceptation. Related Definitions: Acceptableness, Acceptance, Acceptation, Accepted, Accepting, According, Acquiescence, Act, Action, Agreed, Agreeing, An, And, Another, Approbation, Approval, Are, As, Assent, Bargain, Be, Being, Bought, Bound, By, Bill, Concluded, Delivered, Doctrine, Drawn, Due, Engagement, Exchange, Favorable, For, Gift, In, Is, It, Itself, Law, Meaning, Of, Offered, Office, On, Or, Owner, Parties, Pay, Person, Possession, Receiving, Reception, Satisfaction, Some, State, Taking, That, The, Thing, To, Was, What, When, Which, Whom, With

Acceptance Quotations The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one. Martin Luther King, Jr. After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means. Mason Cooley The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. Maya Angelou Happiness can exist only in acceptance. George Orwell Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. William James

Acceptance Translations acceptance in Afrikaans is aanvaarding acceptance in Dutch is aanvaarding, aanneming, onthaal acceptance in French is supposition, acceptation, accueil acceptance in German is Annahme {f}, Akzeptanz {f}, Akzept, Abnahme {f} acceptance in Italian is accoglienza, decrescenza, accettazione acceptance in Norwegian is godtagelse acceptance in Swedish is accept, accepterande, antagande

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