acceptation

[ ak-sep-tey-shuhn ]

/ ˌæk sɛpˈteɪ ʃən /

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noun

the usual or accepted meaning of a word, phrase, etc.

favorable regard; approval.

belief; acceptance as true or valid.

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Origin of acceptation

1400–50; late Middle English <Middle French. See accept, -ation

OTHER WORDS FROM acceptation

non·ac·cep·ta·tion, noun

Words nearby acceptation

acceptable, acceptance, acceptance region, acceptancy, acceptant, acceptation, accepted, accepted pairing, acceptee, accepter, accepting

How to use acceptation in a sentence

Besides having parties,—one essential of a covenant in its proper acceptation, this relation with God has conditions.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
The words, taken in a new acceptation, reveal the charming maladroitness of a northern barbarian kneeling before a Roman beauty.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
An examination of Elizabethan writings does not conduce to the idea of the term having had a widespread acceptation.
A Cursory History of Swearing|Julian Sharman
In its most proper acceptation, theory means the completed result of philosophical induction from experience.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill

It need hardly be told that his open and friendly address met equally ready and cheerful acceptation from Nigel Olifaunt.
The Fortunes of Nigel|Sir Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for acceptation

acceptation

/ (ˌæksɛpˈteɪʃən) /

noun

the accepted meaning, as of a word, phrase, etc

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Origin of acceptation

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