EMBRACEMENT Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

embracement

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Definition of embracement

as in acceptance

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Recent Examples of embracement But Cygnet Infinity—which received gold at the Spirits Business’s Low & No Masters 2026 Awards—is less about abstinence than embracement. — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026 That embracement has helped the military enlist between 128,000 and 190,000 new service members annually since the 1990s, even though some armed forces, especially the Army, have struggled to meet their recruiting goals in the past few years. — Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025

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Noun

This method is similar to other frameworks, like acceptance commitment therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.

— Lennon Sherburne, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
Rice, however, believes social acceptance still depends too often on how Black women style and present their hair.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of acceptance

Noun

Their acquiescence to this encroachment on their powers has made these politicians increasingly dependent on a dysfunctional national government.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026
But many assumptions that Stratos’ investors or Utah politicians might have had about Box Elder County – about either the acquiescence of its people or the barrenness of its landscape – have been proved wrong over the past few months.

— Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of acquiescence

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The memoir also details Cooper’s crippling, career-stalling struggles with substance abuse during the late ‘70s and goes into depth about his subsequent re-embrace of Christianity and his current beliefs and practices.

— Gary Graff, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
The stem cell industry sees the FDA’s tentative embrace of peptides as its chance to get a foot in the door — and bring stem cells from the grey market to millions of Americans.

— Margaret Manto, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of embrace

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His latest promise — which, like the others, would require approval from Congress — would probably cost more than $1 trillion, adding to the ballooning deficit and worsening inflation.

— Melissa Goldin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
In Massachusetts and Maine, that approval is also contingent on the federal government finding a long-term solution to the seemingly intractable problem of storing radioactive nuclear waste.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of approval

Noun

The commission voted 7-1 to direct County Attorney Tyrone Wade to look into whether any laws or policies were broken during the consent agenda vote and whether any policies should be adjusted to prevent similar situations in the future.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
But during the 1960s and in subsequent decades, a growing patient rights movement embraced the importance of informed consent for honoring patients’ autonomy.

— Jennifer Schlinger, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

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