(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you win someone’s ~ for something that you ask for or suggest, they agree to it.
The chairman has also given his ~ for an investigation into the case...
The proposed modifications met with widespread ~.
= sanction
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp, oft with poss, N for n
2.
Approval is a formal or official statement that something is acceptable.
The testing and ~ of new drugs will be speeded up.
N-VAR
3.
If someone or something has your ~, you like and admire them.
His son had an obsessive drive to gain his father’s ~...
N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss