approbation (non-technical sense of ‘approval, assent’ also occurs)
1.
confirmation,
attestation, proof Wint. II. i.
176, H5 I. ii. 19,
Cym. I. iv. 139
“put . . . on the
approbation of what I have
spoke.”
2.
sanction
H8 I. ii. 71
“By learned of the
judges.”
3.
probation, novitiate
Meas. I. ii. 189
“the cloister enter, And
there receive her approbation.”