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acceptable `adjective` [ əkˈsɛptəb(ə)l ]

• able to be agreed on; suitable.

• "the electoral arrangements must be acceptable to the people"

• able to be tolerated or allowed.

• "pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable level"

Similar: bearable, tolerable, allowable, admissible, supportable, sustainable, justifiable, defensible, defendable,

Opposite: unacceptable, undesirable,

Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin acceptabilis, from acceptare (see accept).

the acceptable face of —

• the tolerable manifestation or aspect of (something usually considered suspect or immoral).
"the film's breezy domesticity is the acceptable face of sentimental guff"

acceptable adjective [ əkˈsɛptəb(ə)l ]

the acceptable face of —

acceptable `adjective` [ əkˈsɛptəb(ə)l ]