Meanings
nounacception (plural acceptions)
plural acceptions
- obsoleteAcceptation; received meaning.
- proscribedrareacceptance
Origin
- Latinacceptiō, acceptiōnis“acceptance”
- Middle Frenchaccepcion
- Middle Englishaccepcioun
- Englishacception
From Middle English accepcioun, from Middle French accepcion (Modern French acception) and Latin acceptiō, acceptiōnis (“acceptance”). By surface analysis, accept + -ion.
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acception. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acception
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“acception.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acception. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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