Acceptance and Affirmation

Acceptance

Acceptance noun - The state of being acceptable and accepted.

Affirmation is a synonym for acceptance in acknowledgement topic. In some cases you can use "Affirmation" instead a noun "Acceptance", when it comes to topics like admission, certification, yes, belief in goodness of something.

Affirmation

Affirmation noun - A solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something.

Acceptance is a synonym for affirmation in admission topic. You can use "Acceptance" instead a noun "Affirmation", if it concerns topics such as certification.

How words are described

implicit implicit acceptance implicit affirmation
eventual eventual acceptance eventual affirmation
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