Noun

• S: (n) blessing, approval, approving (the formal act of approving) "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• antonym
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) approval (a feeling of liking something or someone good) "although she fussed at them, she secretly viewed all her children with approval"
• S: (n) approval, favorable reception, favourable reception (acceptance as satisfactory) "he bought it on approval"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) acceptance (the state of being acceptable and accepted) "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club"
• S: (n) situation, state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time) "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
• S: (n) state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes) "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
• S: (n) attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) approval, commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion) "words of approval seldom passed his lips"