accepting

adjective

ac·​cept·​ing ik-ˈsep-tiŋ 

ak-

1

: able or willing to accept something or someone : inclined to regard something or someone with acceptance rather than with hostility or fear

—often + of

I had become more accepting of death as an inevitable and natural part of life …

—Nigel Farndalem

2

: tending to regard different types of people and ways of life with tolerance and acceptance

His parents are very accepting people.

acceptingly adverb

We are the masters of our own minds, and we can learn to think better, more openly and acceptingly, while still staying safe; we can make this a better place for us all.

—Maia Rizzi

acceptingness noun

Which was why it was such a miracle for me, her acceptingness of me. I mean, I really mean acceptingness—not acceptance but acceptingness.

—Gordon Lish

Examples of accepting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

People who are simply highly curious about science, on the other hand, tend to be more accepting of climate science, irrespective of their partisan identity. —Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024

To that end, the party has invested heavily in public diplomacy and influence operations intended to make the global public more accepting of its nondemocratic political system. —Daniel Mattingly, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2024

Is country becoming more accepting of new artists from other genres joining? —Meredith Woerner, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024

Given the bomb that Google Glass was back when it was released in 2013, perhaps the market is now more accepting of carrying around a computer in your glasses. —Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1