Accepted
Accepted adjective - Generally approved or compelling recognition.
Settled and accepted are semantically related. in recognized topic. In some cases you can use "Settled" instead an adjective "Accepted".
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- By now, people have settled down and accepted that it's chronologically a prequel, but not everyone has.
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He seems to have accepted the situation and settled down by the time of The Other Wind several years later, but still refuses to leave the farm or have anything to do with governing Earthsea.
Source: Call to Agriculture - Both of these were settled with a single match in the ring and just accepted that victory as being better than having not had their lives ruined.
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