n. 1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] This is saying worthy of all acceptation. 1 Tim. i. 15. [ 1913 Webster ] Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. [ 1913 Webster ] My words, in common acceptation,
Could never give this provocation. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ] | 