| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | putting regard in as true |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, admission, assent, assumption, assurance, avowal, axiom, certainty, conclusion, confidence, conjecture, conviction, credence, credit, deduction, divination, expectation, faith, fancy, feeling, guess, hope, hypothesis, idea, impression, intuition, judgment, knowledge, mind, mindset, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, postulation, presumption, presupposition, profession, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorem, theory, thesis, thinking, trust, understanding, view |
| Antonyms: | disbelief |
| Main Entry: | confirmation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ratification, validation, proof |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accepting, accord, admission, affirmation, affirming, agreement, approval, assent, attestation, authenticating, authentication, authorization, authorizing, avowal, consent, corroborating, corroboration, endorsement, evidence, go ahead, green light, nod, okay, passage, passing, proving, recognition, sanction, sanctioning, stamp of approval, substantiation, support, supporting, testament, testimonial, testimony, validating, verification, verifying, visa, witness |
| Antonyms: | annulment, cancellation, contradiction, denial, destruction, opposition, veto, void |
| Main Entry: | enrollment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | registration for membership |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accession, admission, conscription, engagement, enlistment, entrance, entry, induction, influx, listing, matriculation, rally, reception, record, recruitment, response, student body, students, subscription |
| Main Entry: | faith |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trust in something |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, allegiance, assent, assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, constancy, conviction, credence, credit, credulity, dependence, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, hope, loyalty, reliance, stock, store, sureness, surety, troth, truth, truthfulness |
| Antonyms: | disbelief, distrust, doubt, misgiving, skepticism, suspicion |
| Main Entry: | fatalism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resignation to a fate |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, destinism, determinism, necessitarianism, passivity, predestinarianism, predestination, stoicism |
| Main Entry: | nod |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gesture of the head |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acknowledgment, affirmative, beckon, bow, dip, greeting, inclination, indication, permission, salute, sign, signal, yes |
| Main Entry: | okay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, affirmation, approbation, approval, assent, authorization, benediction, blessing, consent, endorsement, favor, go-ahead, green light, ok, permission, sanction, say-so, seal of approval, yes |
| Antonyms: | denial, disagreement, refusal, veto |
| Main Entry: | passage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization; enactment |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, allowance, establishment, freedom, legalization, legislation, passing, passport, permission, ratification, right, safe-conduct, visa, warrant |
| Notes: | a passage is a one-way boat crossing; a voyage is a round trip journey by sea |
| Antonyms: | denial, refusal, veto |
| Main Entry: | permission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization, consent |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, agreement, allowance, approbation, approval, assent, avowal, canonization, carte blanche, concession, concurrence, condonance, condonation, dispensation, empowerment, endorsement, freedom, imprimatur, indulgence, leave, letting, liberty, license, okay, permit, privilege, promise, recognition, rubber stamp, sanctification, sanction, stamp of approval, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, verification, warrant |
| Antonyms: | denial, prohibition, veto |