D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Approval

/əp-ro͞ov'-əl/ · Ap·prov·al · IPA /əˈpɹuvəl/
01 n. Approbation; sanction.
  1. 1.
    Approbation; sanction.
    “A censor . . . without whose approval n� capital sentences are to be executed.” — Temple.
Syn. See Approbation.