1) Acclaim 2) Approval 3) Praise 4) Repute 5) Respect 1) Advocacy 2) Approval 3) Approvement 4) Blessing 5) Commendation 6) Conclusive proof 7) Endorsement 8) Esteem 9) Estimation 10) French word used in English 11) Good opinion 12) Nod of approbation 13) Official approval 14) Official approval or sanction 15) Sanction 
Approbation is, in Catholic canon law, an act by which a bishop or other legitimate superior grants to an ecclesiastic the actual exercise of his ministry. The necessity of approbation, especially for administering the Sacrament of Penance, was expressly decreed by the Council of Trent, so that, except in the case of imminent death, the absolution...
approval; consent
• (n.) The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation. • (n.) Probation or novitiate. • (n.) Proof; attestation.
Ap`pro·ba'tion noun [ Latin approbatio : confer French approbation . See Approve to prove.] 1. Proof; attestation. [ Obsolete] Shak. 2. The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; s...
approval 
[n] - official approval 2. [n] - official recognition or approval
approbation 1. An expression of warm approval; praise; commendation. 2. Official approval or sanction. 3. Obsolete: Conclusive proof.
[Wuthering Heights] official approval, sanction, or commendation.
noun official recognition or approval
approval; commendation. · official approval or sanction. · conclusive proof.
official approval official approval