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approbation

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ap⋅pro⋅ba⋅tion

  [ap-ruh-bey-shuhn]
–noun
1. approval; commendation.
2. official approval or sanction.
3. Obsolete. conclusive proof.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME (< MF) < L approbātiōn- (s. of approbātiō). See approbate, -ion
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ap·pro·ba·tion   (āp'rə-bā'shən)   
n.  

  1. An expression of warm approval; praise.

  2. Official approval.

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Word Origin & History

approbation 
1393, from O.Fr. aprobation, from L. approbationem, noun of action from approbare (see approve).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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