| Acceptation 1. (n.) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. 2. (n.) The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. Thesaurus Entries acceptance, acception, acquiescence, assurance, assuredness, belief, certainty, confidence, credence, credit, credulity, dependence, faith, hope, import, intendment, message, purport, received meaning, reception, reliance, reliance on, sense, significance, significancy, signification, stock, store, sureness, surety, suspension of disbelief, trust, understanding, usage |