acception

Ac*cep"tion, n. Etym: [L. acceptio a receiving, accepting: cf. F. acception.] Defn: Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.] Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller. Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] Wyclif.

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