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

plural of approbation

The state or quality of being approbative.

Expressing approval. / Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.

(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.

present participle of approbate

simple past tense and past participle of approbate

plural of approbative

Approved.

(transitive) To give official sanction, consent or authorization to.