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SECRET APPROVAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
Synonyms:
connivance; secret approval; tacit consent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)