Word of the Day

Wednesday, March 31, 2004

approbation

\ap-ruh-BAY-shuhn\ , noun;

The act of approving; formal or official approval.

Praise; commendation.

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Quotes:

The speech struck a responsive chord among many and won him much approbation.

-- George Bush and Brent Scowcroft, A World Transformed

More importantly, these drawings represented a first success, which brought the intoxicating rewards of approbation and cash.

-- Matthew Sturgis, Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography

To some of his contemporaries, the episode seemed more the schemings of someone craving attention and the approbation of his peers than an act of sabotage.

-- Richard Siklos, Shades of Black

Origin:

Approbation is from Latin approbatio, from approbare, "to approve or cause to be approved," from ap- (for ad-), used intensively + probare, "to make or find good," from probus, "good, excellent, fine."