Acception

Ac*cep"tion (?), n. [L. acceptio a receiving, accepting: cf. F. acception.] Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.]

Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it.
Fuller.

Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] Wyclif.