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Approval   /əprˈuvəl/   Listen
Approval

noun
1.
The formal act of approving.  Synonyms: approving, blessing.  "His decision merited the approval of any sensible person"
2.
A feeling of liking something or someone good.
3.
Acceptance as satisfactory.  Synonyms: favorable reception, favourable reception.
4.
A message expressing a favorable opinion.  Synonym: commendation.



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"Approval" Quotes from Famous Books



... with such general approval that some one produced a bit of rope, and in another moment poor Rod's hands were securely bound together ...
— Cab and Caboose - The Story of a Railroad Boy • Kirk Munroe
... dues, it was necessary to reduce all to tons! Here is surely a source of endless confusion, if not an opening for fraud. Our legislature has gone on from century to century, mending or mutilating the statutes as the case might be, but laying down no principles scientific enough to command the approval of the educated, or simple enough to prevail over the ...
— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 - Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 • Various
... The actors were recalled after each act, and warmly applauded. The public was pleased and from time to time cries of approval were heard. All your friends who had come at your summons were sorry that ...
— The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters • George Sand, Gustave Flaubert
... with approval; all right then; I'll have a good lunch put up and you may spend the day, and wander around ...
— The Quest of Happy Hearts • Kathleen Hay
... I trust, Enry, that, as between employer and engineer, I shall always know how to keep my proper distance, and not intrude my private affairs on you. Even our business arrangements are subject to the approval of your Trade Union. But don't abuse your advantages. Let me remind you that Voltaire said that what was too silly to be said could ...
— Man And Superman • George Bernard Shaw


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