Ac-cep/ti-lā'tion, n.
n. [Lat. acceptilatio; also written separately, accepti latio, from acceptus, n. acceptum, p. p. of accipere (cf. ACCEPT), and latio, a carrying, from latus, p. p. of ferre, to carry; Fr. acceptilation.]
- (Civil Law.) The verbal release of a debt by a creditor without receiving payment. Bouvier.
- (Theol.) Acceptance without payment of full equivalent. Bp. Taylor.