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accept

v.

To receive
take, acquire, admit, allow; see receive 1, 4.
To assent
admit, consent to, acquiesce in, submit to; see agree to, endure 2.
To believe
hold, trust, affirm; see believe 1. See syn. study at receive.

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WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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Another word for accept

verb

To receive (something given or offered) willingly and gladly:
embrace, take (up), welcome. See accept
To admit to one's possession, presence, or awareness:
have, receive, take. See accept
To allow admittance, as to a group:
admit, receive, take in. See accept
To regard (something) as true or real:
believe. (Slang) buy, swallow. See opinion
To perceive and recognize the meaning of:
apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. (Informal) savvy. (Slang) dig. (Chiefly British) twig. (Scots) ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See understand
To put up with:
abide, bear, brook², endure, go, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand. (Informal) lump². Idioms: take it, take it lying down. See accept
To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance:
accede, acquiesce, agree, assent, consent, nod, subscribe, yes. See agree

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Give her a little time to accept the idea.
Sometimes we have to accept change, if we want to move forward.
Snuggling close, she lifted her face to accept his kiss.
It was still hard to accept what they had done.
You were ready to accept that fact already.

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