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Religious Terms Dictionary

accept

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "accept", "results": [{"typeOf": ["respond", "react"], "antonyms": ["refuse"], "examples": ["I cannot accept your invitation"], "hasTypes": ["take in charge", "yield", "undertake", "permit", "contract in", "countenance", "settle", "allow", "agree", "buckle under", "give", "succumb", "let", "give in", "knuckle under"], "synonyms": ["consent", "go for"], "definition": "give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to", "derivation": ["acceptation"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["be"], "synonyms": ["take"], "definition": "be designed to hold or take", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["brook", "endure", "abide", "digest", "stand", "stick out", "stomach", "put up", "suffer", "support", "bear", "tolerate"], "examples": ["I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"], "synonyms": ["live with", "swallow"], "definition": "tolerate or accommodate oneself to", "derivation": ["acceptance"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["take", "have"], "examples": ["accept students for graduate study"], "hasTypes": ["profess"], "synonyms": ["admit", "take", "take on"], "verbGroup": ["let in", "admit", "include"], "definition": "admit into a group or community", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["take"], "examples": ["I'll accept the charges"], "hasTypes": ["carry the can", "face the music"], "synonyms": ["assume", "bear", "take over"], "definition": "take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"hasTypes": ["co-opt"], "synonyms": ["take"], "definition": "make use of or accept for some purpose", "derivation": ["acceptable"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["get", "acquire"], "antonyms": ["refuse"], "examples": ["Please accept my present"], "hasTypes": ["take over", "take up", "honour", "honor", "welcome", "adopt", "take", "admit", "take on", "borrow"], "synonyms": ["have", "take"], "verbGroup": ["receive", "have"], "definition": "receive willingly something given or offered", "derivation": ["acceptance", "acceptation"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["respond", "react"], "examples": ["The cow accepted the bull"], "definition": "be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["pass judgment", "evaluate", "judge"], "antonyms": ["reject"], "examples": ["I cannot accept the dogma of this church", "accept an argument"], "hasTypes": ["honour", "abide by", "acknowledge", "take a bow", "adopt", "approbate", "sweep up", "believe", "submit", "embrace", "espouse", "respect", "resign", "reconcile", "recognize", "honor", "recognise", "receive", "know", "observe"], "definition": "consider or hold as true", "derivation": ["acceptant", "acceptation", "acceptance"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["respond", "react"], "examples": ["People did not accept atonal music at that time", "We accept the idea of universal health care"], "definition": "react favorably to; consider right and proper", "derivation": ["acceptive", "acceptance", "acceptant", "acceptation"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["receive", "have"], "definition": "receive (a report) officially, as from a committee", "derivation": ["acceptation"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}], "frequency": 4.88, "syllables": {"list": ["ac", "cept"], "count": 2}, "pronunciation": {"all": "æk'sɛpt"}}
Religious Terms Dictionary

acceptable

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "acceptable", "results": [{"synonyms": ["decent", "satisfactory"], "similarTo": ["good"], "definition": "meeting requirements", "derivation": ["accept", "acceptability", "acceptableness"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"examples": ["the water was acceptable for drinking"], "similarTo": ["fit"], "definition": "adequate for the purpose", "derivation": ["acceptableness", "accept", "acceptability"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"examples": ["acceptable English usage"], "similarTo": ["standard", "received"], "definition": "judged to be in conformity with approved usage", "derivation": ["acceptableness", "acceptability"], "inCategory": ["linguistics"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"also": ["satisfactory"], "antonyms": ["unacceptable"], "examples": ["acceptable levels of radiation", "performances varied from acceptable to excellent"], "similarTo": ["bankable", "unexceptionable", "unimpeachable", "unobjectionable"], "definition": "worthy of acceptance or satisfactory", "derivation": ["acceptability", "acceptableness"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}], "frequency": 3.71, "syllables": {"list": ["ac", "cept", "a", "ble"], "count": 4}, "pronunciation": {"all": "æk'sɛptəbəl"}}
Religious Terms Dictionary

acceptance

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "acceptance", "results": [{"typeOf": ["mental attitude", "attitude"], "examples": ["acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years"], "hasTypes": ["recognition", "fatalism"], "synonyms": ["credence"], "definition": "the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true", "derivation": ["accept"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["permissiveness", "tolerance"], "hasTypes": ["self acceptance"], "synonyms": ["sufferance", "toleration"], "definition": "a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations", "derivation": ["accept", "acceptant"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["bill of exchange", "order of payment", "draft"], "synonyms": ["banker's acceptance"], "definition": "banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["approving", "blessing", "approval"], "examples": ["the proposal found wide acceptance"], "hasTypes": ["embrace", "bosom"], "synonyms": ["acceptation", "adoption", "espousal"], "definition": "the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception", "derivation": ["accept", "acceptant"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["assent", "acquiescence"], "definition": "(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)", "inCategory": ["contract law"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["acquisition"], "examples": ["her acceptance of the gift encouraged him", "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"], "definition": "the act of taking something that is offered", "derivation": ["accept", "acceptant"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["state of affairs", "situation"], "antonyms": ["rejection"], "examples": ["torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club"], "hasTypes": ["welcome", "acknowledgement", "acknowledgment", "acquiescence", "approval", "content", "contentedness", "favorable reception", "favourable reception", "recognition", "vogue", "acceptation"], "definition": "the state of being acceptable and accepted", "derivation": ["accept"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 3.48, "syllables": {"list": ["ac", "cept", "ance"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "æk'sɛptəns"}}