acceptation
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In the general acceptation of the term, that implies a criminal accusation by the government.
From Time Magazine Archive
A house in Lant Street would not come within the denomination of a first-rate residence, in the strict acceptation of the term; but it is a most desirable spot, nevertheless.
From Rambles in Dickens' Land by Robert Allbut
In that acceptation, value is usually divided into value-in-use, and value-in-exchange.
From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by John P. (John Percival) Jones
The Prince de Gallitzin has notified the acceptation of Russia nearly in the same words.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various
He transcended the narrow local limits of the older logographers, and was not content to repeat the traditions that had gained general acceptation through the poets.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
