approbation








noun

  1. approval; commendation.
  2. official approval or sanction.
  3. Obsolete. conclusive proof.

noun

  1. commendation; praise
  2. official recognition or approval
  3. an obsolete word for proof
n.

late 14c., “proven effectiveness, excellence,” from Old French aprobacion or directly from Latin approbationem (nominative approbatio) “an approval,” noun of action from past participle stem of approbare (see approve). Meaning “approval, endorsement” is from early 15c.

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