acceptation

ACCEPTA'TION, noun 1. Kind reception; a receiving with favor or approbation.This is a saying worthy of all acceptation 1 Timothy 1:15.2. A state of being acceptable; favorable regard.Some things are of great dignity and acceptation with GodBut in this sense acceptableness is more generally used.3. the meaning or sense in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as a term is to be used according to its usual acceptation 4. Reception in general. obsolete