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say it: ak-SEP-tuhns
acceptance is a noun meaning "the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true". It carries 7 recorded senses.
the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
“he gave credence to the gossip”
“acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years”
the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
“its adoption by society”
“the proposal found wide acceptance”
(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
contract law
banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank
a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
“all people should practice toleration and live together in peace”
the act of taking something that is offered
“her acceptance of the gift encouraged him”
“he anticipated their acceptance of his offer”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for acceptance come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.