n. 1 welcome, greeting, treatment, reaction, response My suggestion that we open a bottle of champagne met with a warm reception 2 party, levee, social, soirée, function; opening, preview, vernissage, Colloq do: Would you like to go to a reception at the new art gallery next week?
RECEPTION
Meaning of RECEPTION in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012