approbationin a sentence
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She is not motivated by popular approbation.approbation = approval
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Her innovative approach to solving problems earned her the approbation of her peers.
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There was a loud murmur of approbation from the crowd. (source)
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For a while still she looks down at him from the composite picture, neither with censure nor approbation. (source)
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I had no solace from self— approbation: none even from self-respect. (source)
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The next meeting of the two Mansfield families produced another alteration in the plan, and one that was admitted with general approbation. (source)
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His approbation laps me like a warm bath.† (source)approbation = approval
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I'm afraid our activities would be received with considerable disapprobation by the more learned authorities. (source)disapprobation = disapprovalstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in disapprobation reverses the meaning of approbation. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
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Among the adjectives similarly preserved are /to whittle/, /to wilt/ and /to approbate/.† (source)approbate = to approve
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—only then was my coffin to be disinterred, only then could my poems be removed from my cold dead hand, to finally be published to the approbation and delight of all.† (source)approbation = approval
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His eyes searched her face, as if he were looking for judgment, disapprobation, even disgust.† (source)disapprobation = disapproval
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First there was the power that accrued to him naturally through his ability to bewitch men and women alike with false candor and warmth; second, the power of social approbation that he now focused upon her.† (source)approbation = approval
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Disapprobation hurt me, I found—even that of people whom I did not admire.† (source)Disapprobation = disapproval
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For ten minutes, the Varden and dwarves cheered, thundering their approbation until the hall rang with the clamor.† (source)approbation = approval
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Of course it was shocking for a married woman to borrow money—and Lily was expertly aware of the implication involved—but still, it was the mere MALUM PROHIBITUM which the world decries but condones, and which, though it may be punished by private vengeance, does not provoke the collective disapprobation of society.† (source)disapprobation = disapproval
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I didn't expect or even need, now, his approbation.† (source)approbation = approval
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