1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Acception \Ac*cep"tion\, noun [L. acceptio a receiving, accepting: cf. F. acception.] Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.] Here the word ''baron'' is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. --Fuller. {Acception of persons} or {faces} (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] --Wyclif.

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