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Definition of Approbation
1. Noun. Official approval.
2. Noun. Official recognition or approval.
Derivative terms: Approbate, Approbate, Approve, Approve
Antonyms: Disapprobation
Definition of Approbation
1. n. Proof; attestation.
Definition of Approbation
1. Noun. 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 ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Approbation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Approbation
Literary usage of Approbation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1827)
"[21] Condition for marriage with consent and approbation, with a limitation over
on marriage without such content or approbation: Lord Hardwicke'a opinion, ..."
2. The Theory of Moral Sentiments;, Or,, An Essay Towards an Analysis of the by Adam Smith (1804)
"... is concerning the principle of approbation, concerning the power or faculty
of the mind which renders certain characters agreeable or ..."
3. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1813)
"... who in the year i645, on the i6th of June, fent their approbation of a ...
together) to the great council as follows : approbation of the Agreement. ..."
4. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Give me your approbation, then, Fanny. I am not comfortable without it." "
No, I cannot think of anything else." " Oh, cousin ! " and yet . ..."
5. A Grammar of Logic and Intellectual Philosophy, on Didactic Principles: For by Alexander Jamieson (1822)
"Of Moral approbation and Disapprobation. 555. The judgments we form in speculative
matters are dry and unaffecting;—our moral judgments, from their nature, ..."
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