acceptation

Example Sentences

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In the general acceptation of the term, that implies a criminal accusation by the government.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was not by cunning or intrigue, in the low acceptation of the term, but by far-seeing reason and discernment.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life by Herndon, William H.

But, even as he said it, he knew that, in the ordinary acceptation of the term at least, Miss Macks was not alarming.

From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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