Approbation
[,æprə'beɪʃ(ə)n] or ['æprə'beʃən]
Definition
(noun.) official recognition or approval.
(noun.) official approval.
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Definition
(n.) Proof; attestation.
(n.) The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.
(n.) Probation or novitiate.
Typist: Mabel
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Approval, liking, praise, encomium, commendation, good opinion, favorable opinion.[2]. Support, concurrence, assent, consent, sanction, ratification.
Typist: Malcolm
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Approval, satisfaction, praise, encouragement, confirmation, assent, consent,permission, commendation, concurrence, acceptance
ANT:Disapproval, censure, blame, dissatisfaction, discouragement, repudiation,protest, denial, refusal, disclaimer, disavowal, disparity, dissimilarity
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Definition
n. formal sanction: approval: (Shak.) confirmation.—v.t. Ap′probate to approve authoritatively (obs. except in U.S.): (Scots law) to approve of as valid.—adjs. Ap′probatory Ap′probative of or belonging to one who approves.—To approbate and reprobate a phrase in Scotch law which means that no one can be permitted to accept and reject the same deed or instrument analogous in the law of England to Election.
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Examples
- I had no solace from self-approbation: none even from self-respect. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His sensitiveness to approbation, his hope of winning favor by an agreeable act, are made use of to induce action in another direction. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Having now given you as clear an explanation as I can, am I to understand that for what I propose doing I have your approbation? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was about the necklace, which she was now most earnestly longing to return, and hoped to obtain his approbation of her doing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I wrote for their amendment, and not their approbation. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- But instead of diminishing their claims to approbation and reward, it places those claims on a more substantial foundation than that of abstract original ideas. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- We have observed, that our approbation of those, who are possess d of the advantages of fortune, may be ascribed to three different causes. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He walked off in more complete self-approbation than he left for her. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Mr. Bucket murmurs, Glad to have the honour of your approbation, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- With those words, and a final snap of his fingers, Mr. Stryver shouldered himself into Fleet-street, amidst the general approbation of his hearers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Your tenant Moore, he went on, has won my approbation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But notwithstanding this variation of our sympathy, we give the same approbation to the same moral qualities in China as in England. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Colonel Palmer readily joined Lord Robert in his unequivocal expressions of approbation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is his approbation that produces pride; and disapprobation, humility. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I bring a new proposal on the subject:a thought of my father's, which waits only your approbation to be acted upon. Jane Austen. Emma.
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