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ACCEPTING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tolerating without protest
Example:
the atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and accepting
Classified under:
Similar:
acceptive (inclined to accept rather than reject)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb accept
Context examples:
"Maybe if you have an accepting attitude toward negative emotions, you're not giving them as much attention," Mauss said.
(Embracing Darker Moods Makes You Feel Better, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Toward the last the syndicate had been paying him five dollars each for them and accepting every one he sent.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I stayed till sunset, but humbly desired his highness to excuse me for not accepting his invitation of lodging in the palace.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
This would normally be a perfect new moon to negotiate a raise or better salary if you are accepting a new job.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
A pre-engagement in Edgar's Buildings prevented his accepting the invitation of one friend, and obliged him to hurry away as soon as he had satisfied the demands of the other.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
I declined accepting more than was my due.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
He had not the power of accepting it.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
You did not love him; nothing could have justified your accepting him.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Jane took Mrs. Elton aside, and told her at once, that upon thinking over the advantages of Mrs. Smallridge's situation, she had come to the resolution of accepting it.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Your mother insists upon your accepting it.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
