love is acceptance. love is forgiveness.

Main Entry: 1love
Pronunciation: \ˈləv\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lufu; akin to Old High German luba love, Old English lēof dear, Latin lubēre, libēre to please
Date: before 12th century
1 a (1): strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties (2): attraction based on sexual desire : affection and tenderness felt by lovers (3): affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests b: an assurance of love

2: warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion

3 a: the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration b (1): a beloved person : darling —often used as a term of endearment (2)British —used as an informal term of address

4 a: unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another: as (1): the fatherly concern of God for humankind (2): brotherly concern for others b: a person's adoration of God

5: a god or personification of love

6: an amorous episode : love affair

7: the sexual embrace : copulation

8: a score of zero (as in tennis)

9: capitalized Christian Science : god
— at love : holding one's opponent scoreless in tennis
— in love : inspired by affection

Main Entry: ac·cept
Pronunciation: \ik-ˈsept, ak- also ek-\
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French accepter, from Latin acceptare, frequentative of accipere to receive, from ad- + capere to take — more at heave
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 a: to receive willingly b: to be able or designed to take or hold (something applied or added)
2: to give admittance or approval to
3 a: to endure without protest or reaction b: to regard as proper, normal, or inevitable c: to recognize as true : believe
4 a: to make a favorable response to b: to agree to undertake (a responsibility)
5: to assume an obligation to pay ; also : to take in payment
6: to receive (a legislative report) officially
intransitive verb
: to receive favorably something offered —usually used with of
— ac·cept·ing·ly \-ˈsep-tiŋ-lē\ adverb
— ac·cept·ing·ness \-tiŋ-nəs\ noun


Main Entry: for·give
Pronunciation: \fər-ˈgiv, fȯr-\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): for·gave \-ˈgāv\ ; for·giv·en \-ˈgi-vən\ ; for·giv·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English forgifan, from for- + gifan to give
Date: before 12th century
transitive verb
1 a: to give up resentment of or claim to requital for b: to grant relief from payment of
2: to cease to feel resentment against (an offender) : pardon
intransitive verb
: to grant forgiveness
synonyms see excuse (hah...)
— for·giv·able \-ˈgi-və-bəl\ adjective
— for·giv·ably \-blē\ adverb
— for·giv·er noun