noun. . The act of approving; approbation; an expression of assent or preference.

noun. In law, the act of becoming an approver or informer; the act of a prisoner who confesses, and accuses his accomplices; the act of turning king's or state's evidence.

noun. In old English law: The improvement by the lord of a manor of common or waste lands by inclosing and converting them to his own use.

noun. The profits of such lands.

noun. Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor.

noun. Approbation.

noun. a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States.

noun. Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.

"Whatever Paul is or is not, he is an only an approvement when one considers Lieberman, who is actually and increduously still a part of the US Government."

approbation