Approbation

n.	1.	Proof; attestation.
	2.	The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation. Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation. - Macaulay. The silent approbation of one's own breast. - Melmoth. Animals . . . love approbation or praise. - Darwin.
	3.	Probation or novitiate. This day my sister should the cloister enter, And there receive her approbation. - Shak.

Noun	1.	approbation - official approval
	2.	approbation - official recognition or approval Antonyms: condemnation, disapprobation - an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable; "his uncompromising condemnation of racism"

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