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Acception

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Acceptation; received meaning. obsolete
  2. 2
    acceptance proscribed, rare

Etymology

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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