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.
noun
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Etymology
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
In its acceptance innumerable forces are combined, innumerable different motives determine its acceptation by different persons.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams
He transcended the narrow local limits of the older logographers, and was not content to repeat the traditions that had gained general acceptation through the poets.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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 John P. (John Percival) Jones
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 Constance Fenimore Woolson
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