Related / Similar Words:
live with, swallow, consent, go for, take, have, admit, take on, bear, take over, assume Definition: tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband''s little idiosyncracies";consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument";be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull";react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care";give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution";make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity";of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee;receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller''s daughter"; "I won''t have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present";admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We''ll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member";take on as one''s own the expenses or debts of another person; "I''ll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility";be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye";
See Also: absorb, take over, bear, assume, adopt, borrow, take up, take in Hyponyms: acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know, espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up, believe, receive, approbate, resign, reconcile, submit, take a bow, respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe, give, agree, settle, contract in, permit, allow, let, countenance, yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under, undertake, take in charge, co-opt, admit, take, take on, welcome, borrow, take over, take up, profess, face the music, carry-the can Grouped Verbs: receive, have, admit, let in, include Derivational Morphology:
toleration, acceptance, sufferance, acceptation, word meaning, word sense, credence, adoption, espousal, consent, taker, assumption, laying claim
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