- the act of accepting or the state of being accepted or acceptable
- favourable reception; approval
- (often followed by of) belief (in) or assent (to)
- a formal agreement by a debtor to pay a draft, bill, etc
- (plural) Austral NZ a list of horses accepted as starters in a race
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ac•cept•ance /ækˈsɛptəns/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [uncountable] the process or act of accepting.
- favorable reception;
approval;
favor: [uncountable]I got a letter of acceptance.[countable]Acceptances to my invitations kept pouring in. - the act of assenting or believing:[uncountable]general acceptance of her theory.
ac•cept•ance
(ak sep′təns),USA pronunciation n.
- the act of taking or receiving something offered.
- favorable reception;
approval;
favor. - the act of assenting or believing:acceptance of a theory.
- the fact or state of being accepted or acceptable.
- Linguisticsacceptation (def. 1).
- Business[Com.]
- an engagement to pay an order, draft, or bill of exchange when it becomes due, as by the person on whom it is drawn.
- an order, draft, etc., that a person or bank has accepted as calling for payment and has thus promised to pay.
- accept + -ance 1565–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
acceptance /əkˈsɛptəns/ n
'acceptance' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accession
- admission
- assent
- bank
- consent
- counsel
- credence
- currency
- defeatism
- doctrine
- doublethink
- fatalism
- hand
- ja well no fine
- let
- O'Connell
- offer
- password
- passport
- plebiscite
- proffer
- push
- raincheck
- realism
- realistic
- recognition
- reservation
- revival
- sell
- sounding board
- subscription
- suggestion
- take up
- terms
- thumb
- verbalism
- well
- acc.
- acceptance race
- acceptance region
- acceptancy
- acceptation
- acpt.
- aestheticism
- Apostles' Creed
- apprehension
- Armory Show
- authentic
- authority
- ba