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approbation
synonyms for approbation
- admiration
- approval
- bells
- consent
- endorsement
- esteem
- favor
- go ahead
- okay
- permission
- recognition
- sanction
- support
- high regard
- the nod
See also synonyms for: self-approbation
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How to use approbation in a sentence
A commercial transaction does not confer ethical approbation on a customer.
How ‘Religious Freedom’ Is Hurting Everyone’s Freedom | Robert Shrum | March 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor them to take a name like that suggests not racism but approbation.
There is a risk to all this approbation, of course, which is that we forget some of his failings.
Must Reads: Madison’s Slaves, Pam Houston, and Alec Wilkinson | Eric Herschthal, Kevin Canfield, Nina MacLaughlin | February 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The word “provocative” is often a term of approbation; here it is clearly intended pejoratively.
One of the things about elites is that they only care about the approbation of the members of their own elites.
To lose a breath of the public approbation in his present state, were to give up fatally the only stay on which he rested.
This was a very strong expression of approbation, and an uncommonly hearty welcome from a person of Mr. Sikess temperament.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensMany, therefore, who did not assent to all that the King had said, joined in a loud hum of approbation when he concluded.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThere he saw the ceremony of ordination performed, and expressed warm approbation of the Anglican ritual.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayShall he use any means to make his pleasure known, of which men, by giving obedience, will not testify their approbation?
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John Cunningham
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