acceptation

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

He transcended the narrow local limits of the older logographers, and was not content to repeat the traditions that had gained general acceptation through the poets.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

"The first degree of submission produces respectful acquiescence to God's will; then this sentiment becomes transformed into a pious and sincere acceptation full of confidence; until confidence itself gradually acquires a filial character."

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

The brothers had proved that they did not mind danger in the ordinary acceptation of the term, but, in their thinking, in this place they trespassed upon the precincts of the other world.

From Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure by Gilson, Charles