acceptation

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

From Time Magazine Archive

It would be difficult to define self-denial according to the ordinary acceptation of the term.

From Doctrine of the Will by Mahan, Asa

Friends, in the common acceptation of that word, may be readily lost and won.

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

The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

He is a gentleman in all the ordinary acceptation of the word.

From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin