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.
An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing{{,}} or event meets requirements.
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match his stated interests; he can approve of or return the item.
The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.
Probation or novitiate.
Approbation; sanction.
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【Approbation】 and 【approval】 are closely related in meaning.
【Approbation】 stresses admiration or high favor and is applied either to actual expressions of such feeling or to the state of mind of a person whose favorable opinion is manifest.
his speech won general 【approbation】
terms of 【approbation】
feels pleasure in the 【approbation】 of his superiors
【Approval】 requires qualification by words like warm, hearty, or enthusiastic to be interchangeable with 【approbation】 , especially when the latter denotes expression of favor. For 【approval】 , in itself, implies no greater favor than that involved in giving full consent with no reservations or in sanctioning. It therefore is applied especially to the formal act of approving or to a formal statement of permission, endorsement, or confirmation.
no interscholastic games are to be played without the 【approval】 of the principal
the president gave his 【approval】 to the proposed legislation in yesterday's conference with reporters
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.
An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing{{,}} or event meets requirements.
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match his stated interests; he can approve of or return the item.
