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   Ap·pro·ba·tion

   /ˌaprəˈbāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. approval or praise: formal "the opera met with high approbation"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin approbatio(n-), from the verb approbare (see approbate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. approbative adjective
   • 2. approbatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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