reacceptance

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Old Latin kapiō

Latin capiō

Latin accipiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin acceptārelbor.

Old French accepterder.

Middle French acceptancebor.

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Old French accepterder.?

Middle English accepten

English accept

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -āns

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -āntia

Old French -ancebor.

Middle English -aunce

English -ance

English acceptance

English reacceptance

From re- + acceptance.

Noun

reacceptance (countable and uncountable, plural reacceptances)

1. Acceptance again of something previously rejected.
   • 1968, American Psychoanalytic Association, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association:

     Lost and recovered in the working through of repeated repudiations and reacceptances of femininity, vaginal sensations eventually unite and coordinate...