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approbation [ae`prэbe'i∫n] (n) an expression of approval or praise 賞賛、認可、証拠、是認

It is time now to recollect that the powers were merely advisory and recommendatory; that they were so meant by the States, and so understood by the convention; and that the latter have accordingly planned and proposed a Constitution which is to be of no more consequence than the paper on which it is written, unless it be stamped with the approbation of those to whom it is addressed. --Madison, James.

(FEDERALIST No. 40 On the Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained For the New York Packet. Friday, January 18, 1788.)

(Antonyms: condemnation, disapprobation)