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ac·cept·able (ak sep′tə bəl, ək-)
adjective
- worth accepting; satisfactory or, sometimes, merely adequate
- tolerable; bearable
Related Forms:
- acceptability ac·cept′·abil′·ity noun or acceptableness ac·cept′·able·ness
- acceptably ac·cept′·ably adverb
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