Accepting some words of welcome, short of time (8)

I believe the answer is:

agreeing

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'accepting' is the definition.
(agreeing is a kind of accepting)

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(Other definitions for agreeing that I've seen before include "In accordance with" , "In concurrence" , "Correspondent" , "Holding same opinion" , "Consenting" .)

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