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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



... She now knows that when she thinks of marrying, it is not my consent alone she has to seek, and that my will is subordinate to that of the man to whom we owe every thing. The knowledge of this fact must prevent her from fixing her choice in a way that may not meet the approval of Bonaparte, and the latter will not give your sister in marriage to any one to whom you ...
— Hortense, Makers of History Series • John S. C. Abbott
... here to-morrow at eleven o'clock. She is a Mademoiselle Valle. She is accustomed to the education of young children. She will present herself for your approval." ...
— Robin • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... did not fail now and then to visit him with their severities; yet still there was a negligent success in his attempts, which, joined to his honest and vivid temper, made men augur well of him. The Stuttgard Examinators have marked him in their records with the customary formula of approval, or, at worst, of toleration. They usually designate him as 'a boy of good ...
— The Life of Friedrich Schiller - Comprehending an Examination of His Works • Thomas Carlyle
... through the organ of Mary's chaste lips, prophesies that all generations shall call her blessed, with evident approval of the praise she ...
— The Faith of Our Fathers • James Cardinal Gibbons
... then required by the State constitution. Inasmuch as art. V of the Federal Constitution specifies that amendments shall become effective "when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States or by conventions in three-fourths thereof," it has been generally believed that an approval or veto by a governor is without significance. If the ratification by New Hampshire be deemed ineffective, then the amendment became operative by Tennessee's ratification on July 27, 1804. On September 25, 1804, in a circular letter to the Governors ...
— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin


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