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- noun Plural form of
acception .
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Examples
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All of the faces and figures I place in my comics are not meant to be specific people, with obvious acceptions.
Blogger Illusions EAGEAGEAG 2009
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In these moral acceptions, the way to be immortal is to die daily; nor can I think I have the true theory of death, when I contemplate a skull or behold a skeleton with those vulgar imaginations it casts upon us.
Religio Medici 2007
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Brigade was composed of rags and thiefs for they were rags before thay left home, I think he had better make some acceptions or mind how he talks ani, if he only new it is not healthy for him to gave honist people such a bad name because some men does wrong, well thare is no news nor interest in this to you so I will stop it,
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We must know repentance has several acceptions: it may be either taken for the change and alteration of the corrupt qualities of our nature, and so it is the same with sanctification, and follows faith, as the effect does its cause; and in this sense a wicked man, in his present estate, is not immediately capable of repentance.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VI. 1634-1716 1823
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Although there are obviously going to be acceptions, I feel this is a fairly good guidline.
Wired Campus 2010
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Although there are obviously going to be acceptions, I feel this is a fairly good guidline.
Wired Campus 2010
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In these moral acceptions, the way to be immortal is to die daily; nor can I think I have the true theory of death, when I contemplate a skull or behold a skeleton with those vulgar imaginations it casts upon us.
Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend 1643
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This is one of the game's weaker aspects, however, as with one or two acceptions, the guitar/turntable tracks aren't really up to the high standard of the rest of the game's soundtrack.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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Oh and abortion is not right but there are acceptions ie there may be harm to you or the child if you have it not just cause you got preg and its not convienient for you to be pregnant!!!
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Oh and abortion is not right but there are acceptions ie there may be harm to you or the child if you have it not just cause you got preg and its not convienient for you to be pregnant!!!
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