Definitions for accepting

(consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument")

(receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present")

(give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution")

(react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care")

(admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member")

(take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility")

(tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies")

(be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye")

(receive (a report) officially, as from a committee)

(make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity")

(be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull")

(tolerating without protest; "always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates"; "the atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and accepting")