HOW TO PRONOUNCE
approbation
/ˌæp.ɹoʊˈbeɪ.ʃən/
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What does approbation mean?
noun
- 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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The next meeting of the two Mansfield families produced another alteration in the plan, and one that was admitted with general approbation.
‘He learned more than a half-dozen letters in half an hour, and seemed delighted with his success, at least in gaining approbation.
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After the war Major Simons engaged in the useful business of a factor, and received the patronage and approbation of numerous friends.
His sensitiveness to approbation, his hope of winning favor by an agreeable act, are made use of to induce action in another direction.
The approbation which it announces of my conduct in the preceding term affords me a consolation which I shall profoundly feel through life.