- 1. n. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. Source: opted
- 2. n. The word/meaning">meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. Source: opted
- 3. n. acceptance as true or valid Source: wordnet
- 4. n. the word/accepted">accepted word/meaning">meaning of a word Source: wordnet
- 5. n. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. word/acceptance">Acceptance; word/reception">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. Source: webster
- 7. n. acceptance as true or valid Source: ecdict
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