acceptation

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

From Time Magazine Archive

My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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 sensation is not fear in the ordinary acceptation of the term.

From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.

Such, however, in its most usual acceptation, Madame Swetchine never was: she never mingled in the light brilliant world; but she did form the centre of attraction to a large circle she had her salon.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.