MEANING
Disapproval or a judgment that something is unacceptable.
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- public disapprobation
- moral disapprobation
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Public disapprobation followed her departure from the ceremony.
He registered moral disapprobation without offering a practical remedy.
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Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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