acceptations

noun

plural of acceptation
1
as in connotations

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as in agreements

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acceptations
  1. connotations
  2. agreements
  3. idioms
  4. concurrences
  5. expressions
  6. consents
  7. denotations
  8. accessions
Noun
  • But Canada is just far enough away to be a legitimate escape, while also carrying a host of related connotations.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
  • By this time, regular yogurt had no connotations of foreignness.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of connotations
Noun
  • Other notable laws passed this legislative session included a ban on 287(g) agreements and the Maryland Community Trust Act.
    — Dennis Valera, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The clearest sign of that ambition is a pair of unannounced K-drama projects DRX has signed agreements around.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of agreements
Noun
  • There are plenty of idioms to describe Andrean outside hitter Aleece Ehler’s freshman season.
    — Noah Poser, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • On the one hand, the translation serves as a source for the idioms of nineteenth-century English; on the other, as evidence of the ideas that the translator held about a Colombian woman writer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Definition of idioms
Noun
  • In both her dissents and concurrences, Thomas, the court’s only other Black member and its leading proponent of originalism, has been one of her main targets.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 9 July 2026
Definition of concurrences
Noun
  • The Wiener Werkstätte’s undue obscurity may have something to do with not only those epistolary expressions of skepticism by the founding fathers of the Frankfurt School, but also Hoffmann’s latter-day Nazism, which in this show goes unmentioned.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Non-age-statement expressions began showing up everywhere, replacing the numbers on the labels of classic single malts from Nikka and Suntory, which launched Hibiki Harmony as a NAS expression to satisfy consumers’ demand.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of expressions
Noun
  • For those with an eye on the future and a mindset of settlement and creating homes for others, planning and consents are in place for 400 new beachfront properties.
    — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • This means cost-sharing for stormwater improvements will continue to be structured by the 83/17 split for decades to come – unless GLWA consents to renegotiating the deal.
    — Nicole Van Lier, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
Definition of consents
Noun
  • Controlled denotations were conducted Sunday at the site to dispose of hazardous materials, the agency said.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Definition of denotations
Noun
  • Now, not in pots as houseplants but growing in the ground on prominent public display, there are more than 200 accessions representing 46 species.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
Definition of accessions
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