Acception

Origin

Derivative of accept. From Latin acceptio (a receiving), accepting; compare with French acception.

Full definition of acception

Noun

1. (obsolete) acceptation; the received meaning.
• Fuller, Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it.

Derived terms

• acception of persons
• acception of faces (Ecclesiastic), (Obsolete): favoritism; partiality. - Wyclif