[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.
1850. W. Irving, Goldsmith, xxv. 253. Endeavouring by the aid of dress to acquire that personal acceptability … which nature had denied him.
