Acceptation
the usual or meaning of a word, phrase, etc.
favorable regard; approval.
belief; acceptance as true or valid.
Historical Examples
He became a saint—an ascetic in the seventeenth-century acceptation of the word.
Southern Spain A.F. Calvert
In its common, or generally received, acceptation, it implies two things.
The Politician Out-Witted Samuel Low
It is also, in the present acceptation of the word, improper.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II Francis Augustus Cox
It is the negation of contract and the acceptation of status.
Hilaire Belloc C. Creighton Mandell
Their cards of acceptation were shown with triumph by the Germaines; but it was a triumph of short duration.
Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10) Maria Edgeworth
If it is ‘worthy of all acceptation,’ it is worthy of your acceptation.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Alexander Maclaren
In that acceptation, value is usually divided into value-in-use, and value-in-exchange.
Money John P. Jones
The acceptation enabled him to look at the link with more equanimity.
Paths of Judgement Anne Douglas Sedgwick
It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.
Familiar Quotations John Bartlett
Moreover, he is a true cosmopolite, in every acceptation of the word.
Everyday Objects W. H. Davenport Adams
noun
the accepted meaning, as of a word, phrase, etc
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a person or thing that . Historical Examples Il peut, conformment ce qui est rgl par l’article 44, accepter la remise de la contrebande qui lui est offerte par le navire arrt. International Law. A Treatise. Volume II (of 2) Lassa Francis Oppenheim The giver and the accepter are principally answerable in an unjust donation. […]