acceptation
Americannoun
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the usual or accepted meaning of a word, phrase, etc.
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favorable regard; approval.
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belief; acceptance as true or valid.
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Origin of acceptation
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French. See accept, -ation
Example Sentences
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In the general acceptation of the term, that implies a criminal accusation by the government.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a man of honor, in the true acceptation of that word.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
The brothers had proved that they did not mind danger in the ordinary acceptation of the term, but, in their thinking, in this place they trespassed upon the precincts of the other world.
From Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure by Gilson, Charles
In that acceptation, value is usually divided into value-in-use, and value-in-exchange.
From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)
But, even as he said it, he knew that, in the ordinary acceptation of the term at least, Miss Macks was not alarming.
From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
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