[ad. late L. acceptābilitāt-em (used in scholastic theology, Du Cange), n. of state f. acceptābilis. See ACCEPTABLE.] The quality of being acceptable; = ACCEPTABLENESS, which is the commoner form.
1660. Jer. Taylor, Worthy Comm., i. § 3. 48. For the obtaining the grace and acceptability of repentance. Ibid., Wks., III. Serm. 10. Praying with his heart and with the acceptabilities of a good life.
1849. W. Irving, Goldsmith, xxv. 225–6. He was constantly endeavoring by the aid of dress to acquire that personal acceptability, if we may use the phrase, which nature had denied him.
