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

The brothers had proved that they did not mind danger in the ordinary acceptation of the term, but, in their thinking, in this place they trespassed upon the precincts of the other world.

From Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure by Gilson, Charles

A house in Lant Street would not come within the denomination of a first-rate residence, in the strict acceptation of the term; but it is a most desirable spot, nevertheless. 

From Rambles in Dickens' Land by Allbut, Robert

In a third acceptation of the words they might signify, that a particular tenement was charged to represent the village in regard to the suits, and for this reason privileged in other respects.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul