embraces

• absorbs
• acceptances
• accessions
• accords
• acquiescences
• adhesions
• admits
• adopts
• affects
• agreements
• alliances
• anchorages
• approbations
• appropriates
• approvals
• arrogates
• assentations
• assents
• assimilates
• assumes
• bear-hugs
• besets
• besieges
• blankets
• borrows
• bosoms
• bowers
• brackets
• brings up
• camouflages
• carries
• cherishes
• cherry-picks
• chooses
• circles
• circumfuses
• circumscribes
• clamps
• clasps
• clenches
• clinches
• clings
• cloaks
• closes in
• cocoons
• collaborations
• collusions
• compasses
• compliances
• complicities
• composes
• comprehends
• comprises
• concerts
• concessions
• concordances
• concords
• concurrences
• concurrencies
• conformities
• consensuses
• consents
• consonances
• conspiracies
• constitutes
• contains
• copies
• cradles
• crushes
• cuddles
• culls
• cultivates
• curtains
• disguises
• domesticates
• drapes
• elects
• embeds
• embodies
• embosoms
• embowers
• embracements
• empathies
• encases
• encircles
• enclasps
• encloses
• encompasses
• enfolds
• enjoys
• enlaces
• enshrouds
• enswathes
• entails
• entrenches
• entwines
• envelops
• environs
• enwinds
• enwraps
• espouses
• favors
• folds
• follows
• fondles
• footholds
• footings
• forms
• fosters
• girdles
• girds
• grabs
• grapples
• grasps
• greets
• grips
• hails
• handgrips
• handholds
• handpicks
• harmonies
• has
• heeds
• holds
• honors
• hugs
• imbeds
• imitates
• incloses
• includes
• incorporates
• integrates
• intrenches
• invests
• involves
• laps
• leverages
• likes
• locks
• makes
• mantles
• masks
• muffles
• names
• naturalizes
• nestles
• numbers
• nurtures
• nuzzles
• overlays
• overspreads
• owns
• pats
• pets
• picks
• picks up on
• possesses
• prefers
• pretends
• prizes
• purchases
• puts on
• quotes
• raises
• rapports
• rears
• receives
• rings
• seizures
• selects
• shrouds
• simulates
• snuggles
• solidarities
• strains
• strokes
• subsumes
• surrounds
• swaddles
• swarms
• swathes
• sympathies
• takes
• takes in
• takes on
• takes over
• takes up
• toeholds
• treasures
• twines
• unanimities
• understandings
• unions
• unisons
• uses
• usurps
• utilizes
• veils
• walls
• welcomes
• wraps
• wreathes

• abandons
• abjures
• abnegates
• bans
• bares
• bars
• conflicts
• debars
• declines
• denies
• denudes
• disagreements
• disapprobations
• disapprovals
• discards
• discords
• disfavors
• disowns
• dissensions
• dissensuses
• dissentions
• dissents
• eliminates
• excepts
• excludes
• exposes
• forsakes
• gives up
• jettisons
• junks
• loses
• mislays
• misplaces
• misses out
• omits
• oppositions
• passes up
• precludes
• prevents
• prohibits
• refuses
• rejects
• releases
• relinquishes
• relinquishments
• renounces
• repudiates
• resistances
• rules out
• spurns
• strips
• surrenders
• throws away
• throws out
• throws over
• turns down

• noun
  1. An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
  2. An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
  3. Full acceptance (of something).
  4. An act of enfolding or including.
• verb
  1. To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
  2. To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
  3. To submit to; to undergo.
  4. To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
  5. To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
  6. To fasten on, as armour.
  7. To accept (someone) as a friend; to accept (someone's) help gladly.
  8. To attempt to influence (a court, jury, etc.) corruptly; to practise embracery.

• She warmly embraces new challenges at work with enthusiasm.
• The community embraces cultural diversity as a strength.
• He often embraces his friends when they meet after a long time.
• The company quickly embraces innovative technologies to stay competitive.
• Nature embraces all living beings in a delicate balance.

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