 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
acceptation
noun
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Acceptation \Ac'cep*ta"tion\, noun
1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard;
state of being acceptable. [Obs.]
This is saying worthy of all acceptation. --1 Tim.
i. 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.
My words, in common acceptation,
Could never give this provocation. --Gay.
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
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