| Main Entry: | acceptance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, taking |
Synonyms: |
accepting, acknowledgment, acquiring, admission, approval, assent, compliance, consent, cooperation, gaining, getting, go-ahead, green light, nod, obtaining, okay, permission, receipt, receiving, reception, recognition, securing, taking on, undertaking, yes |
Antonyms: |
disagreement, dissent, refusal |
| Main Entry: | acceptance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in goodness of something |
Synonyms: |
accedence, accession, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, adoption, affirmation, agreement, approbation, approval, assent, concession, concurrence, favor, recognition, seal of approval |
Antonyms: |
disbelief |
| Main Entry: | accession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
Synonyms: |
accedence, acceptance, acquiescence, assent, concurrence, consent |
Antonyms: |
disagreement, dispute, repudiation |
| Main Entry: | acknowledgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | act of recognizing authority or truth of something |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, accession, acquiescence, admission, admitting, affirmation, allowance, allowing, assent, assertion, asservation, avowal, compliance, conceding, concession, concurrence, confession, confirmation, corroboration, declaration, profession, ratification, realization, recognition, yielding |
| Main Entry: | acquiescence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reluctant agreement |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, accession, approval, assent, compliance, concurrence, conformity, consent, giving in, obedience, permission, resignation, submission, submissiveness, yielding |
Antonyms: |
disagreement, insubordination, rebellion |
| Main Entry: | admission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entering or allowing entry |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, access, admittance, certification, confirmation, designation, door, entrance, entree, ingress, initiation, introduction, permission, reception, recognition, way, welcome |
| Notes: | admission implies a physical entrance, whereas admittance implies some sort of procedural or merely formal entry; admission correlates with permission to move into a room or building but admittance correlates with acceptance into a group or organization admission falls short of an acknowledgment of all elements of a crime - which would be a confession |
Antonyms: |
denial, exclusion, expulsion, refusal |
| Main Entry: | adoption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | choosing or taking something as one's own |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, approbation, appropriation, approval, assumption, choice, confirmation, embracement, embracing, enactment, endorsement, espousal, following, maintenance, ratification, selection, support, taking on, taking over, taking up |
Antonyms: |
pass, rejection, repudiation |
| Main Entry: | assent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, accession, accord, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, affirmation, approval, authorization, compliance, concurrence, consent, nod, permission, sanction |
Antonyms: |
disagreement, dissent, rejection |
| Main Entry: | assumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taking something for granted; something expected |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, accepting, assuming, belief, conjecture, expectation, fancy, guess, hunch, hypothesis, inference, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition, shot in the dark, shot*, sneaking suspicion, stab, supposal, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorization, theory |
Antonyms: |
doubt, unexpected |
| Main Entry: | assumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assuming possession, power |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, accepting, acquisition, adoption, appropriation, arrogation, assuming, embracing, grab, seizure, shouldering, takeover, taking, taking on, taking up, undertaking, usurpation |