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

This is to say, we were, and we gloried in being, absolutely free thinkers, a term which, in its true acceptation, we regarded as man's noblest title.

From The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation by Maitland, Edward

But, even as he said it, he knew that, in the ordinary acceptation of the term at least, Miss Macks was not alarming.

From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

He was a man of honor, in the true acceptation of that word.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

He was not looking at her, and so noticed nothing of the spasm of pain which for a second convulsed her face at his literal acceptation of her prayer.

From Miranda of the Balcony A Story by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle)