English Explanatory Dictionary

approvement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
  2. Approval; approbation.
  3. A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation or implication against the accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.

Word forms

approvement approvements

Etymology

From approve + -ment.

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