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 was not by cunning or intrigue, in the low acceptation of the term, but by far-seeing reason and discernment.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life by Herndon, William H.

George Eliot was truly religious, though perhaps not a Christian in the common acceptation.

From Miss Ellis's Mission by Smith, Mary P. Wells

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 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)