SECRET APPROVAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does secret approval mean? 

• SECRET APPROVAL (noun)
  The noun SECRET APPROVAL has 1 sense:

1. (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing

  Familiarity information: SECRET APPROVAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECRET APPROVAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

connivance; secret approval; tacit consent

Hypernyms ("secret approval" is a kind of...):

approval; commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)