rĕceptĭo, ōnis, f. [recipio].
I A receiving , reception : quid tibi huc receptio ad te est meum virum? Plaut. As. 5, 2, 70 (cf., for the construction, accessio, aditio, curatio, tactio, etc.).—Esp.,
B A secret reception , Cod. Just. 12, 51, 17; David, Ambros. in Luc. 5, 38.—
II A holding back , relaining; esp. jurid. t. t., reservation : quidquid venditor recipere vult, nominatim recipi oportet: nam illa generalis receptio nihil prospicit, etc., Dig. 8, 4, 10.