acceptation

[ak-sep-tey-shuh n]

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noun

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

Origin of acceptation

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

Related formsnon·ac·cep·ta·tion, noun

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Related Words for acceptation

connotation, purport, sense, value, meaning, intent, significance, denotation, message

Examples from the Web for acceptation

Historical Examples of acceptation

It is also, in the present acceptation of the word, improper.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II
Francis Augustus Cox
In its common, or generally received, acceptation, it implies two things.
The Politician Out-Witted
Samuel Low
It is a maxim worthy of all acceptation that a man may have that allowance he takes.
Essays, First Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful indeed And worthy of acceptation.
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
This decree of the Senate was submitted to the acceptation of the French people.
Hortense, Makers of History Series
John S. C. Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for acceptation

acceptation

noun

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

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