[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

acception \accep"tion\, n. l. acceptio a receiving, accepting:
   cf. f. acception.
   acceptation; the received meaning. obs.
   1913 webster

         here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that
         restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath
         confined it.                             --fuller.
   1913 webster

   acception of persons or faces eccl., favoritism;
      partiality. obs. --wyclif.
      1913 webster
see also:
acception of persons faces 

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