Meaning of ACCEPTATION
| Pronunciation: | | `aksep'teyshun
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- [n] the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
- [n] the accepted meaning of a word
- [n] acceptance as true or valid
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| | Synonyms: | | acceptance, adoption, espousal, word meaning, word sense |
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| | See Also: | | acceptance, approval, approving, blessing, bosom, embrace, sense, signified | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ac`cep*ta"tion\, n.
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.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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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