approvement

Noun

 * 1)  Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
 * 2)  Approval; approbation.
 * 3)  A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
 * 1)  A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.