English[]
Etymology[]
Derivative of accept
Pronunciation[]
- IPA: /ˌæksɛpˈteɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun[]
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Acceptation ({{{1}}})
- (obsolete) acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.
- This is saying worthy of all acceptation. - 1 Timothy 1:15
- Some things ... are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. - Richard Hooker.
- 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. - John Gay
References[]
- Template:R:1913
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