"acceptancy" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-acceptancy.wav [Canada] Forms: acceptancies [plural]
Etymology: An alteration of acceptance after words in -ancy. By surface analysis, accept + -ancy. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|accept|-ancy}} By surface analysis, accept + -ancy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} acceptancy (countable and uncountable, plural acceptancies)
  1. (dated) Synonym of acceptance. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Synonyms: acceptance [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: accept, acceptance

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