Acceptation

Noun

 * 1)  acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.
 * This is saying worthy of all acceptation. - 1 Timothy 1:15
 * Some things ... are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. - Richard Hooker.
 * 1) The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.
 * My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. - John Gay

Thesaurus
acceptance; acception; acquiescence; assurance; assuredness; belief; certainty; confidence; credence; credit; credulity; dependence; faith; hope; import; intendment; message; purport; received meaning; reception; reliance; reliance on; sense; significance; significancy; signification; stock; store; sureness; surety; suspension of disbelief; trust; understanding; usage