non-acceptationn.
/ˌnɒnaksɛpˈteɪʃn/, /ˌnɒnaksəpˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌnɑnˌæksɛpˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Law. rare.
= non-acceptance n.
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > rejection or non-acceptance
renunciation1418
rejectinga1425
reprobationa1425
rejectiona1464
abjection?1529
refute1535
abdication1552
abnegation1554
abrenunciation1557
recusancy1563
repudy1575
offcasting?1591
rejectment1599
defiancea1616
canvass1621
non-acceptation1622
repudiation1640
disacceptance1642
non-acceptance1647
disowning1656
discard1663
disownment1806
unacceptance1865
ding1949
negging1996
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 403 The Notarie doth make the Protest, both for the non-acceptation, and for the non-payment, reciting the Bill of Exchange verbatim.
1910 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 15 644 They have said that such and such a distasteful interpretation ‘need not’ be accepted, when the only visible grounds for non-acceptation lay in the humor of the reader.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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