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  1. acception: Merriam-Webster
  2. acception: Wordnik
  3. acception: Wiktionary
  4. Acception, acception: Dictionary.com
  5. Acception: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. acception: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Acception: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. acception: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. acception: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  10. acception: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Acception: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. acception: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (acception)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) Acceptation; received meaning.
▸ noun:  (rare, proscribed) acceptance

Similar:
acceptaunce, acceptation, acceptance, embracement, acceptancy, admittaunce, receptary, accession, receiving, receipt, more...

Opposite:
rejection, denial, refusal

Phrases:
acception of persons, more...

Adjectives:
common, strict, general, ancient, large, second, proper, ordinary, literal, broad, popular



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Similar:
acceptaunce, acceptation, acceptance, embracement, acceptancy, admittaunce, receptary, accession, receiving, receipt, more...

Opposite:
rejection, denial, refusal

Phrases:
acception of persons, more...

Adjectives:
common, strict, general, ancient, large, second, proper, ordinary, literal, broad, popular



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