acceptance
/ɪkˈsep·təns/, /æk-/ n [U]Definition
› Congress opposed the president’s acceptance of the international trade agreement. › Acceptance of an offer or an invitation means that you say yes to it: The White House indicated its acceptance of the offer to visit Russia. › Acceptance of a person is the act of agreeing to that person’s becoming a member of an organization or group, or to that person’s belonging to your group as an equal.
(Definition of acceptance n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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