01 n. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.
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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.
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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.