acceptation

[ ak-sep-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the usual or accepted meaning of a word, phrase, etc.
2. favorable regard; approval.
3. belief; acceptance as true or valid.

acceptation

/ ˌæksɛpˈteɪʃən /

noun

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

Other Words From

• nonac·cep·tation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of acceptation¹

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

Example Sentences

Besides having parties,—one essential of a covenant in its proper acceptation, this relation with God has conditions.

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The words, taken in a new acceptation, reveal the charming maladroitness of a northern barbarian kneeling before a Roman beauty.

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An examination of Elizabethan writings does not conduce to the idea of the term having had a widespread acceptation.

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In its most proper acceptation, theory means the completed result of philosophical induction from experience.

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It need hardly be told that his open and friendly address met equally ready and cheerful acceptation from Nigel Olifaunt.

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