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disapproval|dɪsəˈpruːvəl| [f. disapprove v., after approval.] The action or fact of disapproving; moral condemnation of what is considered wrong; disapprobation.
1662Glanvill Lux Orient. iv. (R.), There being not a word let fall from them in disapproval of that opinion. 1818Todd, Disapproval, a word, like approval not common, but which has been used, I think, in modern times, for disapprobation. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. I. 173 The disapproval with which good men regard acts of sin. 1874Green Short Hist. vi. §6. 336 His silent disapproval was more telling than the opposition of obscurer foes. |