self-acceptance.

Recognizing one's qualities and limitations without treating them as reasons to reject oneself.

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Words that belong together

• develop self-acceptance
• unconditional self-acceptance

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Self-acceptance made honest criticism easier to hear.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.