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Another word for approbation

approbation Synonyms

approbation

n.

Approval
high regard, esteem, favor; see admiration.
Sanction
consent, support, endorsement; see permission.

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Another word for approbation

noun

Favorable regard:
acceptance, approval, favor. See accept, praise
The approving of an action, especially when done by one in authority:
allowance, approval, authorization, consent, endorsement, leave², license, permission, permit, sanction. (Informal) OK. See allow

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A murmur of approbation and satisfaction ran through the crowd.
From all these gentlemen Everett received marks of approbation and confidence.
Young and Hartley expressed their approbation not less warmly.
This gratifies the child's love of approbation and keeps up her interest in things.
Leo feigned for a while to be on their side, but on the 2nd of February 815, in the sanctuary of St Sophia, publicly refused to prostrate himself before the images, with the approbation of the army and of many bishops who were iconoclasts at heart.

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