3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Acceptation \Ac`cep*ta"tion\, n. 1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] This is saying worthy of all acceptation. --1 Tim. i. 15. [1913 Webster] Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. --Gay. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: acceptation n 1: acceptance as true or valid 2: the accepted meaning of a word [syn: {word meaning}, {word sense}] 3: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" [syn: {adoption}, {acceptance}, {espousal}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 34 Moby Thesaurus words for "acceptation": acceptance, acception, acquiescence, assurance, assuredness, belief, certainty, confidence, credence, credit, credulity, dependence, faith, hope, import, intendment, message, purport, received meaning, reception, reliance, reliance on, sense, significance, significancy, signification, stock, store, sureness, surety, suspension of disbelief, trust, understanding, usage
Powered by Blog Dictionary [BlogDict]
Kindly supported by
Vaffle Invitation Code
Get a Freelance Job - Outsource Your Projects | Threadless Coupon
All rights
reserved. (2008-2024)