approve
verb (used with object)
to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably.
self-approving
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a word derived from
approve.
Example Sentences
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They should bring “no other weapon but that of a self-approving conscience”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2018
In the appeal filed Monday, Brady’s lawyers said that Commissioner Roger Goodell’s “biased, agenda-driven and self-approving appeal ruling must be vacated.”
From New York Times ● May 24, 2016
In the appeal filed on Monday, Brady’s lawyers said that Commissioner Roger Goodell’s “biased, agenda-driven, and self-approving ‘appeal’ ruling must be vacated.”
From Washington Times ● May 24, 2016
Broadly speaking, Simon is on the side of bringing the marginalized in from the margins; for good neighbors against bad ones and for principled or at least efficient public servants over rabble-rousing, self-approving loudmouths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2015
Did I ever refuse, Sir," returned she with a self-approving air, "to comply with any request that you have seriously made?
From A Simple Story by Strachey, G. L.
