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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
Nathaniel Branden

Meaning of "acceptance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACCEPTANCE

acceptance  [əkˈsɛptəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACCEPTANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acceptance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACCEPTANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Acceptance

Acceptance in human psychology is a person's assent to the reality of a situation, recognizing a process or condition without attempting to change it, protest or exit. The concept is close in meaning to 'acquiescence', derived from the Latin 'acquiēscere'. Acceptance is fundamental to the core dogma of most Abrahamic religions: the word "Islam" can be translated as "acceptance", "surrender" or "voluntary submission", and Christianity is based upon the "acceptance" of Jesus of Nazareth as the "Christ" and could be compared to some Eastern religious concepts such as Buddhist mindfulness. Religions and psychological treatments often suggest the path of acceptance when a situation is both disliked and unchangeable, or when change may be possible only at great cost or risk. Acceptance may imply only a lack of outward, behavioral attempts at possible change, but the word is also used more specifically for a felt or hypothesized cognitive or emotional state.

Definition of acceptance in the English dictionary

The first definition of acceptance in the dictionary is the act of accepting or the state of being accepted or acceptable. Other definition of acceptance is favourable reception; approval. Acceptance is also belief or assent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACCEPTANCE


absorptance
əbˈsɔːptəns
acquaintance
əˈkweɪntəns
assistance
əˈsɪstəns
capacitance
kəˈpæsɪtəns
circumstance
ˈsɜːkəmstəns
competence
ˈkɒmpɪtəns
Constance
ˈkɒnstəns
distance
ˈdɪstəns
existence
ɪɡˈzɪstəns
importance
ɪmˈpɔːtəns
inheritance
ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns
instance
ˈɪnstəns
nonacceptance
ˌnɒnəkˈsɛptəns
persistence
pəˈsɪstəns
reluctance
rɪˈlʌktəns
resistance
rɪˈzɪstəns
sentence
ˈsɛntəns
substance
ˈsʌbstəns
susceptance
səˈsɛptəns
unacceptance
ˌʌnəkˈseptəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACCEPTANCE

accept
acceptability
acceptable
acceptable daily intake
acceptable quality level
acceptableness
acceptably
acceptance house
acceptance speech
acceptances
acceptancy
acceptant
acceptation
accepted
acceptedly
acceptee
accepter
acceptilation
accepting house
acceptingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACCEPTANCE

admittance
advance
amount of substance
antimicrobial resistance
banned substance
conductance
court of first instance
focal distance
for instance
inductance
line of least resistance
long-distance
public assistance
reflectance
remittance
social assistance
stance
the distance
the Resistance
transmittance
walking distance

Synonyms and antonyms of acceptance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ACCEPTANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «acceptance» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of acceptance

Translation of «acceptance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACCEPTANCE

Find out the translation of acceptance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of acceptance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acceptance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

接受
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aceptación
570 millions of speakers

English

acceptance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वीकृति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القبول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

принятие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aceitação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্রহণযোগ্যতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

acceptation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penerimaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Annahme
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

受理
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수락
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Acceptance
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chấp nhận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏற்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वीकृती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kabul
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

accettazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

akceptacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прийняття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

acceptare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποδοχής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanvaarding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

accept
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aksept
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of acceptance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCEPTANCE»

The term «acceptance» is very widely used and occupies the 5.999 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCEPTANCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «acceptance» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «acceptance» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acceptance

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10 QUOTES WITH «ACCEPTANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word acceptance.
1
Jennifer Armintrout
The message of body acceptance built on Jennifer Lawrence's soundbites only empowers those who are willing to ignore the fact that her statements reinforce our current cultural views rather than subverting them.
2
Bob Balaban
I'm from the Midwest, and I loved my family. I had a very good time as a child, but I was also - I have a theory about Jews growing up in the Midwest, that there is an ultimately sort of wonderful avoidance of a lot of things, and a great acceptance of whatever is happening.
3
Pierre Bayle
The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.
4
Helena Blavatsky
It is on the acceptance or rejection of the theory of the Unity of all in Nature, in its ultimate Essence, that mainly rests the belief or unbelief in the existence around us of other conscious beings besides the Spirits of the Dead.
5
Michael Bloomberg
We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11, 2001.
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Nathaniel Branden
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
7
David Charvet
Speaking from experience, because I have three daughters, I think it's always important to give your daughter the confidence that she needs so that she won't look elsewhere for approval and feeling love and acceptance.
8
Kristin Chenoweth
I think it's important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.
9
Caleb Cushing
Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommendation of various additions to the Constitution, which they deemed essential to the preservation of the rights of the States, or of the People.
10
Robert Dallek
The consequence of the Bay of Pigs failure wasn't an acceptance of Castro and his control of Cuba but, rather, a renewed determination to bring him down by stealth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACCEPTANCE»

Discover the use of acceptance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acceptance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame
Many people have already found the Buddhist perspective on our emotional life to be extremely valuable - and this book will be a major practical contribution to the subject.
Tara Brach, 2012
2
The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A Guide ...
The book has one purpose: to help you live better, more fully, more richly. Your life is calling on you to make that choice, and the skills in this workbook can help you make it happen.
John P. Forsyth, 2010
3
Acceptance & Mindfulness Treatments for Children & ...
The essays in Acceptance and Mindfulness Treatments for Children and Adolescents—which are edited by two luminaries in the field of third-wave behavior therapy—offer a much-needed adaptation of these revolutionary techniques for young ...
Laurie A. Greco, Steven C. Hayes, 2008
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Contemporary Theory, ...
This book will not only tell you what to do with clients struggling with various problems, it will also tell you how those things work.
J. T. Blackledge, Joseph Ciarrochi, Frank Deane, 2009
5
Acceptance Sampling in Quality Control, Second Edition
The book also looks at how acceptance control can support applications of statistical process control and help in the evaluation of products.
Edward G. Schilling, Dean V. Neubauer, 2009
6
Guide to Software Acceptance
Acceptance categories and criteria / life cycle models / acceptance testing / software quality / product assurance.
Dolores R. Wallace, John C. Cherniavsky, 1990
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Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A ...
Accompanying CD-ROM "includes client worksheets, questionnaires, and inventories."
Georg H. Eifert, John P. Forsyth, 2005
8
Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapies in ...
Mindfulness-. and. Acceptance-Based. Strategies. Six. Cultivating an accepting, nonjudgmental, nonreactive, open awareness of one's internal experiences is a central element of ABBTs. Although cultivation of this kind of relationship to ...
Lizabeth Roemer, Susan M. Orsillo, 2010
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Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Body Image ...
ACT for Body Image Dissatisfaction is an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) manual practitioners can use to help clients overcome body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors such as food restriction and binge eating.
Adria N. Pearson, Michelle Heffner, Victoria M. Follette, 2010
10
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Eating Disorders: A ...
This professional guide offers a review of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) as a theoretical orientation and presents case conceptualizations that illuminate the ACT process.
Emily Sandoz, Kelly G. Wilson, Troy DuFrene, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACCEPTANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term acceptance is used in the context of the following news items.
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GOP youth break with elders in acceptance of same-sex marriage
AUSTIN — The Supreme Court's acceptance of same-sex marriage lit the fires of Republican scorn. Two Texas GOP presidential hopefuls ... «Cleburne Times-Review, Jul 15»
2
Acceptance of nominations begins today
Accepting of nominations for the General Election will commence today. Nominations will be accepted until the 13th of this month. Independent groups have ... «The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka, Jul 15»
3
Company Shares of World Acceptance Corporation Drops by -0.28%
World Acceptance Corporation (NASDAQ:WRLD) has lost 0.28% during the past week and dropped 20.82% in the last 4 weeks. The shares ... «News Watch International, Jul 15»
4
Acceptance and accommodation regarding injuries
In order to limit furthering the injury or causing a more chronic condition, acceptance of the injury is crucial. Only then can a person make the ... «Montrose Daily Press, Jul 15»
5
Acceptance and respect
But there are dimensions of Obergefell vs Hodges that go beyond constitutionality or legalities: the mainstream's acceptance of and respect for ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
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Sexton: Baseball league fosters acceptance over athletics
Jack Stewart gets startled as the loudspeaker he is setting up suddenly sounds off just before a Piedmont Challenge League game at the ... «Winston-Salem Journal, Jul 15»
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'Part of the community': Amish finding welcome acceptance in Unity
'Part of the community': Amish finding welcome acceptance in Unity. Print this Print · E-mail this Email · Facebook this Share · Tweet this Tweet ... «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»
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Love, laughter and acceptance at PRIDE
Love, laughter and acceptance at PRIDE ... 20 years and he says there has been a huge attitude shift in Belleville when it comes to acceptance. «Quinte News, Jul 15»
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Vet says he's ready for acceptance
CHIEFTAIN PHOTO/BRYAN KELSEN Former Marine Richard Hill displays a salute in front of the Colorado Vietnam Veterans' Memorial on ... «Pueblo Chieftain, Jul 15»
10
Oh, The Irony: Evolution Behind Many People's Lack Of Acceptance
A study has shown that cognitive style influences whether or not an individual believes in a certain concept, although it can also be influenced ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»

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