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• (acquiescence)- the act or condition of acquiescing or giving tacit assent;
agreement or consent by silence or without objection; compliance,
( ); Conscience had been bribed into acquiescence, and the iniquity
thrived. — History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1;
• (jibe)- to be in harmony or accord; agree;
• (gibe) - to utter mocking or scoffing words; jeer;
• to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a foreand-aft
sail or its boom;
• (ratification)- the act of ratifying; confirmation; sanction, ( ,
, ); This ratification was the one required to render the
amendment valid. — The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford
B. Hayes;
• (confirmation)- something that confirms, as a corroborative statement or
piece of evidence, ( , ); The papers of the next
day announced that my name, with three others, had been sent to the Senate,
and a few days after our confirmation was announced. — Personal Memoirs of
U S Grant 01;
• (sanction)- authoritative permission or approval, as for an action,
( , ); The King refused his sanction, and the Ministry had no
other alternative than to resign. — Lord John Russell;
• (endorsement)- to approve, support, or sustain, ( ,
); The situation was reversed when it came to an endorsement from the
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees;
• to acknowledge (payment) by placing one's signature on a bill, draft,
etc,( ’ ,
);
• (indorsement)- the act of endorsing;
• (imprimatur)- an official license to print or publish a book, pamphlet, etc.,
esp. a license issued by a censor of the Roman Catholic Church, (
, , , ); The Editor wanted
his imprimatur before the final printing. — Writer's Recollections;
• (blurb)- a brief advertisement or announcement, esp. a laudatory one,
( );
I chose to read it because of the cover blurb, which is always a dangerous
thing to do. — F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 03 - September 1996;
• (countenance)- approval or favor; encouragement; moral support, (
); He understood it all in a moment, and the whole tone and colour