acceptable

 
Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛptəb(ə)l/

adjective

  • 1able to be agreed on; suitable: the electoral arrangements must be acceptable to the people
  • moderately good; satisfactory: an acceptable substitute for champagne
  • pleasing; welcome: some coffee would be most acceptable
  • 2able to be tolerated or allowed: pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable level

Phrases

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

Derivatives

acceptability

Pronunciation: /əksɛptəˈbɪlɪti/
noun

acceptably

adverb

Origin:

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