Definition of Approbation

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Approbation

Proof; attestation.

The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.

Probation or novitiate.

Related Definitions:

Act, An, Approval, Approving, Assenting, Attestation, Commendation, Degree, Novitiate, Of, Or, Pleasure, Probation, Proof, Propriety, Sanction, Satisfaction, Some, The, Thing, To, With

Approbation Quotations

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
George Washington

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy

You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school.
Eli Whitney

I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it.
Joan Collins

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.
Samuel Richardson

We ask advice, but we mean approbation.
Charles Caleb Colton

Mankind are divided into sects, and individuals think very differently on religious subjects, from the purest motives; and that gracious common Parent, who loves all his children alike, beholds with approbation every one who worships him in sincerity.
Joseph Lancaster

The Cross is the approbation of our existence, not in words, but in an act so completely radical that it caused God to become flesh and pierced this flesh to the quick; that, to God, it was worth the death of his incarnate Son.
Joseph Ratzinger

Indeed upon much that may have to say, I expect rather the charitable judgment than the full assent of those whose approbation I could most wish to win.
Asa Gray

Approbation Translations

approbation in German is Zustimmung, Billigung, Genehmigung
approbation in Italian is nullaosta
approbation in Norwegian is bifall
approbation in Spanish is aprobacion
approbation in Swedish is gillande

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