acceptation
the usual or accepted meaning of a word, phrase, etc.
favorable regard; approval.
belief; acceptance as true or valid.
Origin of acceptation
1Other words from acceptation
- non·ac·cep·ta·tion, noun
Words Nearby acceptation
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How to use acceptation in a sentence
Besides having parties,—one essential of a covenant in its proper acceptation, this relation with God has conditions.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamThe words, taken in a new acceptation, reveal the charming maladroitness of a northern barbarian kneeling before a Roman beauty.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierAn examination of Elizabethan writings does not conduce to the idea of the term having had a widespread acceptation.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanIn its most proper acceptation, theory means the completed result of philosophical induction from experience.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillIt need hardly be told that his open and friendly address met equally ready and cheerful acceptation from Nigel Olifaunt.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for acceptation
/ (ˌæksɛpˈteɪʃən) /
the accepted meaning, as of a word, phrase, etc
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