Acception (&unr_;), n. [L. acceptio a receiving, accepting: cf. F. acception.] Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.][1913 Webster]
Here the word “baron” is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it.
Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] Wyclif.[1913 Webster]