It was not a defiance but merely a total acceptance of what he was saying.

I guess that's because I've always been fortunate enough to have one or two good friends who have offered me total acceptance and love.

In a sense it was a compliment, a mark of total acceptance, that Vaniya should treat her this way.

"But in many small groups, it's such total acceptance and tolerance, there may not be much accountability that is part of the package."

They took them seriously but not to the point of paralysis by total acceptance.

With that acceptance, total and open, almost anything would have been possible for the past 40 years, and still is.

Wanting total acceptance and having already stolen food for years, I immediately followed their lead.

My only concern was total acceptance by the older foster children.

Most amazing was their total acceptance of their class.

This passivity, her total acceptance of any situation, was what had attracted me to Catherine.