acceptation
/ˌæk.sɛpˈteɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.60 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
Archaic; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The term is to be used according to its usual acceptation."
- "My words, in common Acceptation, / Could never give this Provocation"
- "In its most proper acceptation, theory means the completed result of philosophical induction from experience."
- "Farce, indeed, is a term which has been used by literary historians in two rather different shades of meaning. In one acceptation, derived from its use as applied to Maître Pathelin and other examples of fiteenth-century French dramatic humour, it does not so much connote something other than comedy, as a variety of comedy itself. It is a matter of temper and milieu."
- "Sn may in the latter case designate the uncle, the cousin, or the nephew. None of these scholars, however, has dealt extensively with the third and largest acceptation of the word sn, namely its metaphorical one."
- "Finally, ſome things although not ſo required of neceſſity, that to leave them undone excludeth from Salvation, are notwithſtanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God, that moſt ample reward in Heaven is laid up for them."
Etymology
From Middle English acceptacioun, acceptation, from Middle French acceptacion and Late Latin acceptātiō. By surface analysis, accept + -ation.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: acceptacioun, acceptacion, acceptātiō