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acception

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Noun — The usual or accepted meaning of a word.

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Etymology

Acception comes from Middle English accepcioun, from Middle French accepcion (Modern French acception) and Latin acceptiō, acceptiōnis (“acceptance”); by surface analysis it is accept + -ion.

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