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Adjective: approving  u'prooving
  1. Expressing or manifesting praise or approval
    - affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive
Noun: approving  u'prooving
  1. The formal act of approving
    - blessing, approval
Verb: approve  u'proov
  1. Give sanction to
    "I approve of his educational policies"
    - O.K., okay, sanction
     
  2. Judge to be right or commendable; think well of

See also: approbation, approval, approver, approvingly, favorable [US], favourable [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: authorise [Brit], authorize, clear, evaluate, judge, pass, pass judgment, support

Antonym: disapprove

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