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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 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 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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