Ap`pro*ba"tion (&?;), n.
[L. approbatio: cf. F. approbation. See Approve to prove.]
1. Proof; attestation.
[Obs.] Shak.
2. The
act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.
Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation.
Macaulay.
The
silent approbation of one's own breast.
Melmoth.
Animals . . . love approbation or praise.
Darwin.
3. Probation or novitiate. [Obs.]
This day my sister should the cloister enter,
And there receive her approbation.
Shak.
Syn. -- Approval; liking; sanction; consent; concurrence. -- Approbation, Approval. 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."
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