Acceptation

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.]
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              This is saying worthy of all acceptation. --1 Tim.


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              Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great
              dignity and acceptation with God.     --Hooker.
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     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.
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              My words, in common acceptation,
              Could never give this provocation.    --Gay.
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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