approbation

[ap-ruh-bey-shuhn]

noun

1. approval; commendation.

2. official approval or sanction.

3. Obsolete.,  conclusive proof.

approbation

/ ˌæprəˈbeɪʃən /

noun

1. commendation; praise

2. official recognition or approval

3. an obsolete word for proof

Other Word Forms

• preapprobation noun
• self-approbation noun
• subapprobation noun
• approbative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of approbation¹

1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin approbātiōn- (stem of approbātiō ). See approbate, -ion

Example Sentences

It later came out that National City’s efforts to lend money on stocks had the Federal Reserve’s internal approbation, not its opposition.

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He'll do a lot of damage before he's finished — but he will never get the popular approbation he craves, now or in the future.

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Hamilton ”advised the president to ‘embrace such reflections and sentiments as will wear well, progress in approbation with time and redound to future reputation.’

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Electric vehicles are the cornerstone of that push, and for once Hungary is attracting the envy of fellow EU members, rather than their approbation.

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It’s associated with pleasure and the expectation or experience of a reward, which can include the surmounting of a threat “such as overcoming fear, winning a race, receiving respect and approbation from others,” Spiegel says.

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