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ACCEPTATIONS
Noun
acceptations
plural of acceptation
Source: Wiktionary
ACCEPTATION
Ac`cep*ta"tion, n.
1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. [Obs.] This is saying worthy of all acceptation. 1 Tim. i. 15. Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker.
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. My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. Gay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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