acceptation

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Whatever the motive, however, the conduct of the person accepting it alters in accordance with its acceptation.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.

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 Jones, John P. (John Percival)

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.

The sensation is not fear in the ordinary acceptation of the term.

From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.