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- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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| definition 1: |
the act of accepting what is offered or given.
His acceptance of the job offer surprised me.- similar words:
- receipt, reception
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| definition 2: |
the state of being accepted by others; approval.
The new law finally gained the public's acceptance.- synonyms:
- approval, consent
- antonyms:
- spurn
- similar words:
- acknowledgment, admission, admittance, approbation, credit, endorsement, favor, recognition, sanction
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| definition 3: |
the state of believing in or willingly accepting something unavoidable.
They learned acceptance of their position in society.- synonyms:
- belief, resignation, tolerance, toleration
- similar words:
- assent, credence
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| definition 4: |
the act of adopting a belief, doctrine, or theory.
His acceptance of another religion was a shock to his family.- antonyms:
- denial
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| related words: |
affirmation, belonging, compliance, embrace, passage, take |
adjective + (n.)acceptance
blind,
broad,
calm,
conditional,
formal,
general,
gradual,
growing,
grudging,
increased,
increasing,
mainstream,
mutual,
parental,
partial,
passive,
patient,
public,
resigned,
social,
societal,
tacit,
ultimate,
unconditional,
uncritical,
universal,
unquestioning,
wide,
widespread
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verb + (n.)acceptance
achieve, anger, belong, crave, facilitate, foster, gain, imply, peer, promote, receive, signal, signify
(n.)acceptance
+ verb
list
noun + (n.)acceptance
attitude,
awareness,
barrier,
competence,
criteria,
exhibitor,
intimacy,
likelihood,
membership,
minimum,
myth,
nomination,
obstacle,
peer,
popularity,
rape,
rating,
recognition,
respect,
salon,
self-esteem,
tolerance,
total,
understanding,
warmth
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The word acceptance
contains the following parts:
ac-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix ac-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before Latin roots beginning with hard or soft "c" or "q." See ad-.
Example words:
accede, accelerate, accent, accept, acceptable, acceptance, acceptation, access, accessible, accession, accident, accidental, acclaim, acclamation, accommodate, accompany, accomplice, accomplish, accord, account, accredit, accrual, accumulate, accuracy, accurate, accuse, accustom, acquaint, acquire, acquit
cap1, cip, capt, cept, -ceive, -ceit
Latin
root
that means to take, catch
Example words:
accept, acceptable, acceptance, capability, capable, capacious, capacity, captive, capture, conceive, concept, deceive, deception, deceptive, except, exception, incapable, inconceivable, intercept, participant, participate, perceive, perceptive, percipient, precept, receive, reception, recipient, susceptible
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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