Words / B2

uhk-SEPT-uh-ns/əkˈseptəns/

Acceptance is agreeing to receive something, or a willingness to live with a fact: acceptance of an offer; acceptance that. Accept is the verb. Approval is closer to liking. Refusal is an opposite. Offers: acceptance must be in writing. Do not mix with exceptance (not a word).

Meaning

The act of agreeing to receive something; also a willingness to live with a fact.

Examples

• “Acceptance of the offer must be in writing by Friday.”
• “There is still little acceptance that the model is biased, which is the “living with a fact” sense.”

Good to know

acceptance of; letter of acceptance. Verb: accept. Opposite: refusal / rejection. Academic: acceptance that + clause. Uni: offer acceptance deadlines.

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