acceptation

Meanings

1. The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
2. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
3. The active divine decision to approve an act or circumstance, held by Scotists to be necessary to render it meritorious.

Etymology

From Middle English acceptacioun, acceptation, from Middle French acceptacion and Late Latin acceptātiō. By surface analysis, accept + -ation.