acceptance
Noun
Meaning
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.
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In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.
Experience teaches acceptance of the imperfect as life.
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.
No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it.
Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
For no man could be blessed without the acceptance of his own head.