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41allow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. grant, permit; concede; tolerate, suffer, let. See disclosure, consent, permission. Ant., prohibit, forbid. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To permit an action] Syn. permit, let, sanction, grant, consent to,… …
42approve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. accept, like, support, recognize, ratify, endorse, OK (inf.). See approbation.Ant., reject, refuse. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To give approval] Syn. ratify, affirm, support, countenance, endorse, sign …
43consent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Voluntary compliance Nouns consent, assent, acquiescence; approval, approbation; compliance, agreement, concession; yielding, accession, allowance, acceptance; ratification, confirmation; permit,… …
44endorse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. approve, support, second; recommend; subscribe (to); sign. See approbation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To inscribe one s name] Syn. sign, put one s signature on, countersign, underwrite, sign one s… …
45let — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. allow, permit; propose, cause; assign; lease, rent. See permission. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To permit] Syn. allow, permit, suffer, cause to; see allow 1 . 2. [To award; said especially of contracts… …
46OK — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., informal, okay, approve, endorse. See agreement, permission.Ant., objectionable. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I or O.K. or okay noun 1. Informal. The approving of an action, especially when done by… …
47sanction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. permission, confirmation, ratification, approval, approbation; interdiction, penalty, punishment. See legality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Approval] Syn. consent, acquiescence, assent; see permission . 2 …
48authorize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. empower, commission, sanction, entitle; see allow 1 , approve 1 , commission . See Synonym Study at commission . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. permit, give the okay, empower, entitle, license, allow, sanction, *give the… …
49permit — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. license, grant, consent, favor, toleration, authorization, empowering, charter, sanction, legalization, concession, indulgence, privilege; see also permission . Ant. denial*, veto, prohibition. v. Syn. allow, authorize,… …
50approbation — noun approval; praise. Derivatives approbate verb (US rare). approbative adjective approbatory adjective Origin ME: via OFr. from L. approbatio(n ), from approbare approve , from ad to + probare try, test …
