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accepting

/əkˈsɛptɪŋ/
verb

  1. To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.

  2. To admit to a place or a group.

    "The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member."

  3. To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.

    "I accept the notion that Christ lived."

Synonymsadmit, onfang, receive, take, withtake
Antonymsdecline, reject
adjective

  1. Characterized by acceptance.

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