Ac*cep`ti*la"tion (&?;), n. [L. acceptilatio entry of a debt collected, acquittance, fr. p. p. of accipere (cf. Accept) + latio a carrying, fr. latus, p. p. of ferre to carry: cf. F. acceptilation.] (Civil Law) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
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.
Ac*cept"ive (&?;), a. 1. Fit for acceptance.