acceptation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun acceptance as true or valid
  2. noun the accepted meaning of a word
    word meaning; word sense.
  3. noun the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
    espousal; acceptance; adoption.
    • its adoption by society
    • the proposal found wide acceptance

WordNet

Ac`cep*ta"tion noun
Definitions
  1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. Obs.
    This is saying worthy of all acceptation. 1 Tim. i. 15.
    Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker.
  2. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.
    My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. Gay.

Webster 1913