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Acceptance

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.

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Acceptation 76% connected

Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.

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Acknowledgement 76% connected

a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledg…

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Acknowledgment 76% connected

The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

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Acquiescence 76% connected

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the oth…

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Approval 76% connected

Approbation; sanction.

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Bosom 76% connected

The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Embrace 76% connected

To fasten on, as armor.

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Fatalism 76% connected

The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.

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Recognition 76% connected

The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

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Vogue 76% connected

The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in th…

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Welcome 76% connected

Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.

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Acquiescence 76% connected

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the oth…

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Acquisition 76% connected

The act or process of acquiring.

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Approval 76% connected

Approbation; sanction.

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Approving 76% connected

of Approve

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Assent 76% connected

To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.

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Attitude 76% connected

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

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Blessing 76% connected

of Bless

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Draft 76% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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Situation 76% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Tolerance 76% connected

The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

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Abide 74% connected

To wait; to pause; to delay.

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Abide 74% connected

To wait; to pause; to delay.

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Accept 74% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

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Accept 74% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

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Acceptive 74% connected

Fit for acceptance.

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Acceptive 74% connected

Fit for acceptance.

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Synonym 6

Acceptation 92% connected

Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.

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Adoption 92% connected

The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Credence 92% connected

Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Espousal 92% connected

The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ce…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sufferance 92% connected

The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Toleration 92% connected

The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Rejection 94% connected

Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

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Rejection 94% connected

Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

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