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Definitions
official recognition or approval
Word origin
From late Middle English approbacioun, from Old French approbacion (French approbation), from Latin approbatio, from approbare (“to assent to as good, approve, also show to be good, confirm”), from ad (“to”) + probare (“approve, commend”), from probus (“good”).
Used in a sentence
“I am very sensible how much nobler it is to place the reward of virtue in the silent approbation of one's own breast”
“[I]t was with the view to judge how far my own desires would act in harmony with the wishes of my family. Such an alliance cannot fail of meeting with their most flattering approbation.”
“Many, therefore, who did not assent to all that the King had said, joined in a loud hum of approbation when he concluded.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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