Noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people. Clay Aiken
Experience teaches acceptance of the imperfect as life. Anaïs Nin
We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution were most important, into that more difficult time when it is a man's duty to understand his world rather than simply fight for it. Ernest Hemingway
No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it. Fernando Pessoa
Happiness can exist only in acceptance. George Orwell
For no man could be blessed without the acceptance of his own head. Yoruba Proverb