Definitions of approbation

1. official approval

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

3. Probation or novitiate.

4. Commendation; sanction.

5. The act of approving; sanction.

6. The act of approving; approval; commendation.

7. The act of approving; approval; commendation; probation.

8. See Approve.

9. The act of approving; commendation; expression of approval or satisfaction with.