acceptation.
The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
Meaning & usage
The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
The term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.
Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
The active divine decision to approve an act or circumstance, held by Scotists to be necessary to render it meritorious.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English acceptacioun, acceptation, from Middle French acceptacion and Late Latin acceptātiō. By surface analysis, accept + -ation.
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