acceptableness (akseptablnes)

Same as acceptability. Genius is a word which, in common acceptation , extends much further than to the objects of taste. H. Blair , Lect. = Syn. Acceptance, Acceptancy, Acceptation. These words have been used interchangeably, but there is a marked tendency to use acceptance for the act of accept ing, and acceptation for the state of being accepted, accept ancy having become rare, or being restricted to poetic use. It is in vain to stand out against the full acceptance of a word which is supported by so much and so respectable authority. Whitney, Lang. and Study of Lang., p. 41. To reanimate this drooping but Divine truth of human regeneration, by lifting it out of its almost wholly lapsed and lifele - because merely ritual-private acceptation, and giving it a grander public application. H. James, Subs. and Shad., p. 154. 1. Acceptable; accepted (ak-sep'ted), p. a. chosen; appointed. Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 2 Cor. vi. 2. 2. In com., received or acknowledged as binding: often abbreviated to a. or A. See accept ance, 1 (c) (2).