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ac·cept·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. acceptingadjective

    tolerating without protest

    "always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates"; "the atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and accepting"

Wiktionary

  1. acceptingadjective

    Characterized by acceptance.

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  1. accepting

    Accepting refers to the act of willingly receiving or consenting to something, such as an idea, change, or situation. It could also mean acknowledging the existence or truth of something, even if it's unpleasant or unwanted. In terms of tolerance, it means welcoming and respecting different viewpoints, attitudes, or behaviors of others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Accepting

    of Accept

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of accepting in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of accepting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of accepting in a Sentence

  1. Prime Minister Scott Morrison:

    And, as we have been reminded especially in these most recent times, stories of drought, bushfires, adapting to the many challenges that come with living in this great continent, but we would have it no other way as Australians because we love this land, its beauty and, yes, we know its terror, in all of its riches and all of its blessings, and we are a free, diverse and accepting people.

  2. Dana Nessel:

    Upon accepting a referral ... the law does not provide an agency with discretion to refuse to provide the accepted child or individual with state-contracted foster care case management or adoption services that conflict with its sincerely held religious beliefs.

  3. Pontus Jansson:

    Some of them celebrated in a disrespectful way in my opinion. There was a lot of feelings, we had just let in a goal and lost the game, so it was pretty sour, maybe there was unnecessary anger (from me), but they apologized afterwards so it's just a case of accepting it. There were a lot of feelings in the heat of the moment.

  4. Andrew Meehan:

    In California they are accepting hundreds of documents issued by foreign governments, they are very difficult to verify.

  5. Chief Executive Kamil Ziegler:

    If there is a law saying the GGR (gross gaming revenue tax) will be 35 percent, it's not a question of accepting or not accepting it. This is the law, of course, this 35 percent is by far the largest GGR tax in Europe.

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