approbation

Etymology
From late, from (🇨🇬), from , from , from  + , from.

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Usage notes
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) makes the following comment:
 * Approbation and approval have the same general meaning, assenting to or declaring as good, sanction, commendation; but approbation is stronger and more positive.
 * We may be anxious for the approbation of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the approval of our own consciences.
 * He who is desirous to obtain universal approbation will learn a good lesson from the fable of the old man and his ass.
 * The work has been examined by several excellent judges, who have expressed their unqualified approval of its plan and execution.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Georgian: მოწონება
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Norwegian: godkjennelse
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: схва́лення,

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) approval (permission)