"acception" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: acceptions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English accepcioun, from Middle French accepcion (Modern French acception) and Latin acceptiō, acceptiōnis (“acceptance”). By surface analysis, accept + -ion. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{inh|en|enm|accepcioun}} Middle English accepcioun, {{der|en|frm|accepcion}} Middle French accepcion, {{cog|fr|acception}} French acception, {{der|en|la|acceptiō|acceptiō, acceptiōnis|acceptance}} Latin acceptiō, acceptiōnis (“acceptance”), {{surf|en|accept|-ion}} By surface analysis, accept + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun}} acception (plural acceptions)
  1. (obsolete) Acceptation; received meaning. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-acception-en-noun-OV2t~B~R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 51 49
  2. (rare, proscribed) acceptance Tags: proscribed, rare
    Sense id: en-acception-en-noun-wVFMbNrR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acception of persons, acception of faces Related terms: accept

Inflected forms

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