Usually means: Official approval or commendation formally.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word approbation:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. approbation: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. approbation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. approbation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. approbation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. approbation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Approbation, approbation: Wordnik
  7. approbation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. approbation: Wiktionary
  9. approbation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. approbation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. approbation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Approbation, approbation: Dictionary.com
  13. approbation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. approbation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Approbation (Germany), Approbation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Approbation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. approbation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. approbation: Rhymezone
  19. approbation, approbation (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. approbation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. approbation: Free Dictionary
  22. approbation: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. approbation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. approbation: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. approbation: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. approbation: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. approbation: A Word A Day

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Approbation: Catholic Encyclopedia

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▸ 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.

Similar:
approvement, approof, approval, approvance, allowance, acclamation, approver, acceptance, appraisement, reapproval, more...

Opposite:
disapprobation

Types:
admiration, approval, respect, reverence, deference, praise, more...

Phrases:
self approbation, sound of approbation, approbation at a poetry slam, more...

Adjectives:
general, public, moral, universal, entire, full, divine, unqualified, cordial, high, warm

Colors:
    gold,     emerald,     sapphire,     ruby,     amethyst,     turquoise,     jade,     coral,     amber,     aquamarine


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Similar:
approvement, approof, approval, approvance, allowance, acclamation, approver, acceptance, appraisement, reapproval, more...

Opposite:
disapprobation

Types:
admiration, approval, respect, reverence, deference, praise, more...

Phrases:
self approbation, sound of approbation, approbation at a poetry slam, more...

Adjectives:
general, public, moral, universal, entire, full, divine, unqualified, cordial, high, warm

Colors:
    gold,     emerald,     sapphire,     ruby,     amethyst,     turquoise,     jade,     coral,     amber,     aquamarine



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