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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
acceptation
    n 1: acceptance as true or valid
    2: the accepted meaning of a word [syn: word meaning, word
       sense, acceptation]
    3: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its
       adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
       [syn: adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Acceptation \Ac`cep*ta"tion\, n.
   1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard;
      state of being acceptable. [Obs.]
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            This is saying worthy of all acceptation. --1 Tim.
                                                  i. 15.
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            Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great
            dignity and acceptation with God.     --Hooker.
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   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.
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            My words, in common acceptation,
            Could never give this provocation.    --Gay.
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Thesaurus Results for acceptation:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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