Reception

Definition of Reception

Re`cep´tion Pronunciation: rė`sĕp´shŭn

n.	1.	The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.
	2.	The state of being received.
	3.	The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception. What reception a poem may find. - Goldsmith.
	4.	Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine. Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced. - Locke.
	5.	A retaking; a recovery.

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