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acceptance (s) (noun), acceptances (pl)
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acceptance of responsibility (s) (noun) (no pl)
A genuine admission or acknowledgment of wrong doing.

Acceptance of responsibility can be exemplified in a report of a federal presentence investigation when convicted offenders wrote an explanation and apologized for the crime(s) they committed

An acceptance of responsibility is a provision that may be considered in deciding whether leniency should be extended to offenders during the sentencing phase of their processing.

This entry is located in the following unit: Criminal Court Words or Judicial Terms + (page 1)