Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Acceptation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
acceptance as true or valid
the accepted meaning of a word
the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
"its adoption by society"
"the proposal found wide acceptance"
Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
The word comes from the Middle French acceptacion and the Late Latin acceptātiō. It originally meant the act of receiving or taking something.