acceptation

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Roads or streets cannot be seen, and a town, in our acceptation of the word, does not exist.

From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by Vay, P?ter

Friends, in the common acceptation of that word, may be readily lost and won.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

Here the Catholic acceptation of a realization of the essence of the Church, historically manifested, would appear to be directly excluded.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah