Acceptance

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Acceptance is a person's reaction or realizing the reality of a situation. They become comfortable to any event (happy or not) and usually try not to change it or protest it. An example would be a person being in rest or comfortable with the idea of dying. The term acceptance is a noun with many different meanings.

Acceptance Media

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  Combatants accept defeat during World War II

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  Changes in attitudes toward cohabitation in the US

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  Standards specify acceptable and hazardous gaps in infant beds