Definition of accepts:
(v) :
(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
(v) :
(transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
(v) :
(transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
(v) :
(transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
(v) :
(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
(v) :
(intransitive) To receive something willingly.