Word of the Day - accept

accept

verb
ac·cept ik-ˈsept ak-, also ek-
accepted; accepting; accepts
transitive verb
1a to receive (something offered) willingly
1b to be able or designed to take or hold (something applied or added)
2 to give admittance or approval to
3a to endure without protest or reaction
3b to regard as proper, normal, or inevitable
3c to recognize as true : believe
4a to make a favorable response to
4b to agree to undertake (a responsibility)
5 to assume an obligation to pay
also : to take in payment
6 of a deliberative body : to receive (a legislative report) officially
intransitive verb
to receive favorably something offered
—usually used with of

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When asked to accept an apology
Avoid responding with frivolity.
It isn't right to seem too vivacious
When someone's attempting to be gracious.
In other words, it is a social gaff
To respond with a resounding laugh.