No Matter How You Say It: Acceptance

by | Oct 27, 2024 | No Matter How You Say It

Word Origin

From Latin acceptare “take or receive willingly,”

Word Origin from Etymonline

Can you see how Acceptance is receiving others as they are?

Sign Language

Check out the following links from Handspeak or the American Sign Language interpretation of the words:

Unbiased –  Can you see how being unbiased allows two different things to come together?

Prejudice– (the second option) Can you see how prejudice stops a relationship?

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Acceptance Idioms and Phrases

  • Agree to disagree
  • Be open-minded
  • Be understanding
  • Give the benefit of the doubt
  • Go along to get along
  • Go with the flow
  • Have a thick skin
  • Keep an open mind
  • Let things slide
  • Live and let live
  • Not be easily offended
  • So be it
  • Walk a mile in someone’s shoes

In Other Languages

Spanish – imparcial​ (unbiased)

French – ouvert d’esprit (open-minded)

German – unvoreingenommen (unbiased)

Italian – imparziale (unbiased)

Latin – incorrupto (unbiased)

Bosnian – nepristrasan (unbiased)

Irish – neamhchlaonta (unbiased)

 

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