SEAL OF APPROVAL Synonyms

• the formal act of approving

• a feeling of liking something or someone good

• acceptance as satisfactory

• a message expressing a favorable opinion

• a document giving an official instruction or command

• the power or right to give orders or make decisions

• official permission or approval

• the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

• the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on

• confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

• a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

• validating the authenticity of something or someone

• an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement

• a message expressing a favorable opinion

• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

• information that confirms or verifies

• making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it

• a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism

• a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church

• a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

• a speech seconding a motion

• formal and explicit approval

• a signature that validates something

• the act of endorsing

• formal and explicit approval

• making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it

• formal and explicit approval

• a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

• official permission or approval

• the act of final authorization

• give sanction to

• give authority or permission to

• give religious sanction to, such as through an oath

• the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

• aiding the cause or policy or interests of

• something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest

• a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

• documentary validation

• the financial means whereby one lives

• supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

• any device that bears the weight of another thing

• financial resources provided to make some project possible

• give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

• support materially or financially

• be behind; approve of

• be the physical support of; carry the weight of

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• adopt as a belief

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• argue or speak in defense of

• play a subordinate role to (another performer)

• be a regular customer or client of

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

• the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

• an indication of approved or superior status

• a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal

• a seal on a letter

• fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters

• a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare

• a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

• the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal

• a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)

• an indication of approved or superior status

• a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture

• fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure

• any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions

• make tight; secure against leakage

• close with or as if with a seal

• decide irrevocably

• affix a seal to

• cover with varnish

• hunt seals