Acceptance vs. Accepting

Acceptance in human psychology is a person's assent to the reality of a situation, recognizing a process or condition (often a negative or uncomfortable situation) without attempting to change it or protest it. The concept is close in meaning to acquiescence, derived from the Latin acquiēscere (to find rest in).

To answer affirmatively

the action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered

To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).

the process or fact of being received as adequate, valid, or suitable

To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval

agreement with or belief in an idea or explanation

To admit to a group, organization, or place

The act of taking something offered

To regard as proper, usual, or right

The act of admitting to a group or organization

To regard as true; believe in

A notification that someone or something has been accepted

To understand as having a specific meaning.

Favorable reception; approval

To endure resignedly or patiently

Belief in something; agreement

To be able to hold (something applied or inserted)

A formal indication by a debtor of willingness to pay a draft or bill of exchange.

To receive officially

An instrument so accepted, especially a bankers' acceptance.

To consent to pay, as by a signed agreement.

(Law) The demonstration of agreement with the terms and conditions of another's offer so that the offer becomes a contract between the two parties.

To take payment in the form of

(uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.

(Medicine) To receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without immunological rejection.

(countable) An instance of that act.

To receive something, especially with favor. Often used with of.

Belief in something; agreement, assent.

present participle of accept

The state of being accepted.

Characterized by acceptance.

The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.

tolerating without protest;

An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.

(law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.

The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.

A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.

(optics) etendue.

The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.

State of being accepted; acceptableness.

An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.

An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.

Meaning; acceptation.

the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true;

the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception;

the state of being acceptable and accepted;

(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank

a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations;

the act of taking something that is offered;