# accepting

Pronunciation: say "ak-SEP-ting" /ˌækˈsɛp.tɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Marked by a willingness to receive or tolerate people, ideas, or circumstances without resistance or judgment.
   - Simple: Willing to take people or ideas as they are, without judging them.
   - _The community proved remarkably accepting of the refugees who settled there._
   - _She grew more accepting of criticism as her confidence increased._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of accept. — present participle and gerund of accept
   - Simple: Present participle of accept. Use this -ing form for the action happening now or as a naming word.
   - _The committee is accepting applications until the end of the month._
   - _Accepting responsibility for the mistake, she apologized to the whole team._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/accepting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).