definition of the word acceptation

Derivative of accept

• IPA: /ˌæksɛpˈteɪʃən/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

acceptation (plural acceptations)

1. (obsolete) acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.

   Quotation

   • This is saying worthy of all acceptation. - 1 Timothy 1:15
   • Some things ... are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. - Hooker.

2. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.

   Quotation

   • My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. - Gay ??

• “acceptation” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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