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acceptation

noun as in accepted meaning

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Besides having parties,—one essential of a covenant in its proper acceptation, this relation with God has conditions.

The words, taken in a new acceptation, reveal the charming maladroitness of a northern barbarian kneeling before a Roman beauty.

An examination of Elizabethan writings does not conduce to the idea of the term having had a widespread acceptation.

In its most proper acceptation, theory means the completed result of philosophical induction from experience.

It need hardly be told that his open and friendly address met equally ready and cheerful acceptation from Nigel Olifaunt.

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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to acceptation, such as: connotation, denotation, intent, meaning, message, and purport.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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