approbation

Noun

Meaning

Proof; attestation.

The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.

Probation or novitiate.

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We ask advice, but we mean approbation. Charles Caleb Colton

Of course, we need not be surprised if artistic excellence goes unrecognized on account of being unknown; but there should be the greatest indignation when, as often, good judges are flattered by the charm of social entertainments into an approbation which is a mere a pretence. Vitruvius

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country. George Washington

You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them. Jane Austen

There are great numbers of people to whom the act of reading a book - any sort of book - is wondrous; they speak of the reader in the tone of warm approbation which they use otherwise when referring to pregnant women, or the newly dead. Robertson Davies

Ever receive a present with approbation. Latin Proverb

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