acceptation

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

From Time Magazine Archive

In its acceptance innumerable forces are combined, innumerable different motives determine its acceptation by different persons.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.

Yes, actually a drawing-room, in the most elegant acceptation of the word.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James

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

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