different between acceptance vs approbation

English

Etymology

• First attested in 1574. From Middle French acceptance, from Old French accepter (“accept”). Equivalent to accept +? -ance.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k.?s?p.t?ns/

Noun

acceptance (countable and uncountable, plural acceptances)

1. (uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
   • 1611, King James Version, Isaiah 60:7

     They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar.

2. (countable) An instance of that act.
3. Belief in something; agreement, assent.
4. The state of being accepted.
5. The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
6. (business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
7. (law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.
   • 1876, Mozley and Whiteley, Law Dictionary:

     What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty.

8. (government, US) The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
9. (horse racing, Australia, New Zealand, plural only) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
10. (optics) Synonym of etendue.

Usage notes

In modern law, offer and acceptance are necessary elements for a legally binding contract.

Alternative forms

• acceptaunce (obsolete)

Synonyms

• (act of accepting): accepting, receiving, reception, approval
• (state of being accepted): acceptableness
• (assent and engagement by person on whom bill of exchange is drawn): assent

Derived terms

• (assent and engagement by person on whom bill of exchange is drawn): banker's acceptance, trade acceptance
• preacceptance

Translations

References

• acceptance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• acceptance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• acceptance (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• offer and acceptance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Scots

Noun

acceptance (uncountable)

1. acceptance

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Etymology

From late Middle English approbacioun, from Old French approbacion (French approbation), from Latin approbatio, from approbare (“to assent to as good, approve, also show to be good, confirm”), from ad (“to”) + probare (“approve, commend”), from probus (“good”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æp.????be?.??n/, /?æp.???be?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æp.?o??be?.??n/, /?æp.???be?.??n/

Noun

approbation (countable and uncountable, plural approbations)

1. 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.
   • 1871, Charles Darwin, Descent of Man, ch. 3:

     [A]nimals not only love, but have desire to be loved. . . . They love approbation or praise.

Usage notes

• Approbation and approval have the same general meaning, assenting to or declaring as good, sanction, commendation; but approbation is stronger and more positive. We may be anxious for the approbation of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the approval of our own consciences. He who is desirous to obtain universal approbation will learn a good lesson from the fable of the old man and his ass. The work has been examined by several excellent judges, who have expressed their unqualified approval of its plan and execution.
  (material dates from 1913)

Synonyms

• (act of approving): approval, concurrence, consent, liking, sanction
• See also Thesaurus:praise

Antonyms

• (act of approving): disapprobation

Related terms

Translations

See also

• approbation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• approbation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• approbation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• approbation at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin approb?ti?, approb?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.p??.ba.sj??/

Noun

approbation f (plural approbations)

1. approval (permission)

Related terms

• approbateur

Further reading

• “approbation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).