acceptation
[ak-sep-tey-shuh n]
noun
the usual or accepted meaning of a word, phrase, etc.
favorable regard; approval.
belief; acceptance as true or valid.
Origin of acceptation
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It is also, in the present acceptation of the word, improper.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IIFrancis Augustus Cox
In its common, or generally received, acceptation, it implies two things.
The Politician Out-WittedSamuel Low
It is a maxim worthy of all acceptation that a man may have that allowance he takes.
Essays, First SeriesRalph Waldo Emerson
Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful indeed And worthy of acceptation.
Sonnets from the PortugueseBrowning, Elizabeth Barrett
This decree of the Senate was submitted to the acceptation of the French people.
Hortense, Makers of History SeriesJohn S. C. Abbott
acceptation
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