Acceptance is the experience of a situation without an intention to change that situation.

Acceptance may also refer to:

• Acceptance (band), an alternative-rock band
• Acceptance (film), a 2009 drama television film starring Mae Whitman and Joan Cusack
• "Acceptance" (Everwood), a season 3 episode of the television series Everwood
• "Acceptance" (House), an episode of the television series House
• "Acceptance" (Heroes), an episode of the television series Heroes
• Acceptance (novel), the last book in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy

• Beam acceptance, in physics, the maximum emittance that a beam transport system or analysing system is able to transmit
• Acceptance testing, a validation test in engineering
• Offer and acceptance, a legal term related to contract law
• Bankers' acceptance, a type of bank draft
• "Acceptance for value," a fraudulent debt payment method promoted in the redemption movement

• Accept (disambiguation)
• Acceptability, the property of a thing to be able to be accepted