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Definition of accepting:
Synonyms:
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approving (part of speech: verb)
- assenting,
- approbating,
- confirming,
- authorizing,
- endorsing,
- consenting,
- underwriting,
- permitting,
- approving,
- authenticating,
- ratifying,
- validating,
- affirming,
- certifying,
- sanctioning
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consenting (part of speech: verb)
- endorsing,
- approving,
- concurring,
- approving,
- acquiescing,
- sanctioning,
- consenting,
- assenting,
- allowing,
- assenting,
- ratifying,
- concurring,
- ratifying,
- acquiescing,
- consenting,
- endorsing,
- condoning,
- letting,
- allowing,
- sanctioning
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resigning (part of speech: verb)
- resigning,
- retiring,
- abandoning,
- ceasing,
- relinquishing,
- abdicating,
- renouncing,
- rejecting,
- disclaiming,
- terminating,
- discontinuing,
- vacating,
- withdrawing,
- surrendering
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complying (part of speech: verb)
- ceding,
- genuflecting,
- submitting,
- obeying,
- surrendering,
- caving,
- bending,
- deferring,
- respecting,
- acquiescing,
- succumbing,
- concurring,
- fulfilling,
- complying,
- agreeing,
- knuckling under,
- bowing,
- observing,
- consenting,
- capitulating,
- conforming,
- yielding,
- assenting,
- adhering,
- kowtowing
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agreeing (part of speech: verb)
- blessing,
- contracting,
- empathizing,
- affirming,
- conforming,
- welcoming,
- pledging,
- agreeing,
- acquiescing,
- cooperating,
- stipulating,
- approving,
- capitulating,
- acceding,
- assenting,
- promising,
- endorsing,
- sanctioning,
- consenting,
- concurring
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affirming (part of speech: verb)
- professing,
- propounding,
- acknowledging,
- ratifying,
- pledging,
- validating,
- contending,
- certifying,
- affirming,
- declaring,
- promising,
- corroborating,
- expressing,
- maintaining,
- sustaining,
- submitting,
- endorsing,
- attesting,
- warranting,
- verifying,
- claiming,
- adjuring,
- testifying,
- admitting,
- asserting,
- approving,
- supporting,
- proclaiming,
- stating,
- avouching,
- averring,
- pronouncing,
- assuring,
- setting down
- receiving (part of speech: verb)
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believing (part of speech: verb)
- giving faith,
- understanding,
- professing,
- judging,
- surmising,
- crediting,
- affirming,
- maintaining,
- declaring,
- assenting,
- presuming,
- believing,
- deeming,
- assuming,
- supposing,
- taking for granted,
- trusting,
- concluding,
- putting faith in,
- holding,
- gathering
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obeying (part of speech: verb)
- conforming,
- deferring,
- complying,
- acquiescing,
- obeying,
- submitting,
- serving
Usage examples:
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Man put them here to suit his own ideas; of that they were quite aware, and took it kindly, accepting superior powers, and inferior use of them, without a shade of question in their eyes.
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If I had been taken at Waterloo perhaps I might have had no hesitation in accepting it, although even in that case it would be contrary to the law of nations, as now there is no war.