acceptances

Nods of agreement

Acceptances is the plural of acceptance, the act of receiving or agreeing to something offered.

In business and law, acceptances often refers to formal agreements to honor obligations—particularly a bank's commitment to pay a draft or bill of exchange: The company's trade acceptances totaled several million dollars.

In publishing, acceptances are manuscripts approved for publication: She received three acceptances and twelve rejections.

approval

agreement

Shared position between parties

confirmation · sanction · authorization · validation · affirmation · blessing · nod · acknowledgment · assent · green light

resignation

resignation

Voluntary relinquishment of position

acquiescence · tolerance · stoicism · forbearance · patience · equanimity · peace · reconciliation · fate · inevitability

admissions

college

Higher education institution

offer · letter · waitlist · admit · rejection · decision · early · deferred · conditional · rolling

financial

bill

Amount owed, written

  • draftPreliminary version of text
  • paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
  • bankingFinancial institution transactions

liability · honor · dishonor · maturity · drawee · negotiable · instrument · promissory · endorsement · discount

literary

publication

Issued written material

story · poem · essay · editor · magazine · anthology · rejection · slush pile · contributor · byline

Categories
Opposites
decision outcome

acceptancesrejections

Formal refusals given

refusals · denials · turndowns · rebuffs · dismissals

receptivity stance

acceptancesrejections

Formal refusals given

refusals · rebuffs · repudiations · spurnings · resistances

acknowledgment of reality

acceptancesdenials

Refusals to acknowledge

resistances · rejections · refusals · repudiations · objections

Phrases
Family

acceptance, nonacceptance, self-acceptance

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