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acceptaunce

acceptaunce is the obsolete form of acceptance.

Meaning of acceptance

Noun

acceptance (countable and uncountable, plural acceptances)

  1. (uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
    • the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.
  2. (countable) An instance of that act.
  3. Belief in something; agreement, assent.
  4. The state of being accepted.
    • The warrant I haue of your Honourable Diſpoſition, not the Worth of my vntutor'd Lines makes it aſſured of acceptance.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    acceptableness
  5. The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
  6. An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
    Synonyms:
    assent

See all 10 meanings of acceptance

Forms of acceptaunce

pluralacceptaunces

Questions about acceptaunce

What is acceptaunce the obsolete form of?
Acceptaunce is the obsolete form of acceptance.

Words near acceptaunce in the dictionary

  1. acceptated
  2. acceptates
  3. acceptating
  4. acceptation
  5. acceptations
  6. acceptaunce
  7. acceptaunces
  8. accepted
  9. accepted at face value
  10. accepted pairing
  11. accepted pairings

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