approbation

As a noun approbation

is 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.

As an adjective solicitous is

disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful.

As a noun approbation

is 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.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

Accord is a related term of approbation.

As nouns the difference between accord and approbation

is that accord is agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action while approbation is 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.

As a verb accord

is (lb) to make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

As nouns the difference between approbation and appraisal

is that approbation is 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 while appraisal is a judgment or assessment of the value of something, especially a formal one.

As nouns the difference between approbation and imprimatur

is that approbation is 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 while imprimatur is imprimatur.

Encomium is a related term of approbation.

As nouns the difference between encomium and approbation

is that encomium is warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute while approbation is 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.

Approbation is a related term of dispensation.

As nouns the difference between approbation and dispensation

is that approbation is 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 while dispensation is the act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by god to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.

As nouns the difference between commend and approbation

is that commend is (obsolete) commendation; praise while approbation is 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.

As a verb commend

is to congratulate or reward.

As nouns the difference between approbation and prerogative

is that approbation is 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 while prerogative is prerogative (a right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch, etc).

As nouns the difference between approbation and reverence

is that approbation is 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 while reverence is reverence (deep respect).