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APPROBATION

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APPROBATIONn.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
Proof; attestation. [Obs.] Shak. The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation. Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation. Macaulay. The silent approbation of one's own breast. Melmoth. Animals . . . love approbation or praise. Darwin. Probation or novitiate. [Obs.] This day my sister should the cloister enter, And there receive her approbation. Shak.
approbationnoun
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition.

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