acceptation

acceptation
    n 1: acceptance as true or valid
    2: the accepted meaning of a word [syn: {word meaning}, {word
       sense}, {acceptation}]
    3: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its
       adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
       [syn: {adoption}, {acceptance}, {acceptation}, {espousal}]
    

Acceptation \Ac`cep*ta"tion\, n.
   1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard;
      state of being acceptable. [Obs.]
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            This is saying worthy of all acceptation. --1 Tim.
                                                  i. 15.
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            Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great
            dignity and acceptation with God.     --Hooker.
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   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.
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            My words, in common acceptation,
            Could never give this provocation.    --Gay.
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34 Moby Thesaurus words for "acceptation":
      acceptance, acception, acquiescence, assurance, assuredness,
      belief, certainty, confidence, credence, credit, credulity,
      dependence, faith, hope, import, intendment, message, purport,
      received meaning, reception, reliance, reliance on, sense,
      significance, significancy, signification, stock, store, sureness,
      surety, suspension of disbelief, trust, understanding, usage