ACCEPTATION

ACCEPTA'TION, noun 1. Kind reception; a receiving with favor or approbation.This is a saying worthy of all acceptation 1 Timothy 1:15.2. A state of being acceptable; favorable regard.Some things are of great dignity and acceptation with GodBut in this sense acceptableness is more generally used.3. the meaning or sense in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as a term is to be used according to its usual acceptation 4. Reception in general. obsolete

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acceptation|acception. Acceptation, or Acception, n. acceptance, the meaning of a word

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Ac′cep‐ta″tion (�), n. 1. 1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.
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. 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.