ACCEPTATION Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

acceptation

noun

Definition of acceptation

as in connotation

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as in consent

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Noun

While stained glass does have a residential history—Frank Lloyd Wright in particular was known for incorporating art glass in projects—these colorful windows most often have religious connotations.

— Kelsey Mulvey, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2026
Preppy staples with athletic connotations will be in heavy rotation.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of connotation

Noun

In her lawsuit, Jane Doe accused the student of having sex with her without her consent alongside another fraternity member and later joining other men in snorting ketamine from her body.

— Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
In the Five Below case, prosecutors allege Eisenhard isolated a 19-year-old female coworker in a stockroom and touched her without her consent.

— Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of consent

Noun

Its palette is broad, moving from comic to straight rap, from Cab Calloway swing to Beyoncé-style ballads, each idiom chosen for its dramatic purpose.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Over the decades, though, Reich’s idiom has become part of the mainstream.

— Joshua Barone, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of idiom

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For those unfamiliar with Fielder’s career or filmmaking approach, his assent to award season hopeful — even frontrunner — has felt like welcoming a strange alien to a planet inhabited by the slick Hollywood establishment.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Throughout our conversation, in fact, the pair chuckles, nods along to each other’s answers, interjects sounds of assent.

— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of assent

Noun

More research showed that living cells use condensates everywhere, to organize DNA, regulate gene expression, and package proteins.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
The house’s 2025 holiday campaign, starring ambassador Anya Taylor-Joy, followed the actress on a journey from New York to London and Tokyo, celebrating different expressions of love.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of expression

Noun

The violence taking place across Albania is a worrying sign for a country struggling to maintain its democracy and continue the path to EU accession.

— Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Pascal Lamy negotiated China’s accession to the WTO in 2001 on behalf of the EU.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of accession

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