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S: (v) accept (accept%2:31:00::) (consider or hold as true) "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

S: (v) acknowledge (acknowledge%2:31:09::), recognize (recognize%2:31:02::), recognise (recognise%2:31:02::), know (know%2:31:06::) (accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority) "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"
S: (v) espouse (espouse%2:31:00::), embrace (embrace%2:31:00::), adopt (adopt%2:31:04::), sweep up (sweep_up%2:31:00::) (take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own) "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
S: (v) believe (believe%2:31:00::) (accept as true; take to be true) "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"
S: (v) receive (receive%2:31:00::) (accept as true or valid) "He received Christ"
S: (v) approbate (approbate%2:31:00::) (accept (documents) as valid)
S: (v) resign (resign%2:31:00::), reconcile (reconcile%2:31:00::), submit (submit%2:31:00::) (accept as inevitable) "He resigned himself to his fate"
S: (v) acknowledge (acknowledge%2:31:02::) (accept as legally binding and valid) "acknowledge the deed"
S: (v) take a bow (take_a_bow%2:32:01::) (acknowledge praise or accept credit) "They finally took a bow for what they did"
S: (v) respect (respect%2:41:00::), honor (honor%2:41:01::), honour (honour%2:41:01::), abide by (abide_by%2:41:01::), observe (observe%2:41:01::) (show respect towards) "honor your parents!"