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Definition of acceptable

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

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

Definition of acceptable in the US English dictionary

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