Ac*cep"tion (#), n. [L. acceptio a receiving, accepting: cf. F. acception.]
Acceptation; the received meaning.
[Obs.]
Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it.
Fuller.
Acception of persons or faces Eccl., favoritism; partiality. [Obs.]
Wyclif.
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