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
Friends, in the common acceptation of that word, may be readily lost and won.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
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 Edward Maitland
They were neither the very poor—in the recognised acceptation of the words, though heaven knows they were poor enough—neither could they be classed amongst artisans, or mechanics.
From Christina by L. G. Moberly
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
