acceptance

• When, therefore, in 1913, the president of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association asked him to become a member of its Board of Directors, his acceptance was a natural step in the gradual development of his interest in orchestral music. —  A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After
• It seemed to me that the episode revolved around the idea of acceptance -- acceptance of reality and acceptance about what really matters.
• This acceptance is the reformation essential to any revolution. —  Latest Articles
• Iverson could've remained quiet, only pacifying those myopically sold on the notion that silent acceptance translates into true professionalism. —  Freep.com - RSS
• Citigroup research analyst Michael Bilerman conjectured that the industry may have entered the last of the "five stages of grief" -- acceptance -- after the REIT sector's initial reactions of denial, anger, bargaining and then depression following the financial crisis that first gripped the industry last fall.

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