Definition of probation

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Probation (n.) The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule..

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Approvement :: Approvement (n.) Approbation.
Disapprobatory :: Disapprobatory (a.) Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
Deprecation :: Deprecation (n.) The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down..
Improbation :: Improbation (n.) The act of disapproving; disapprobation.
Satire :: Satire (a.) Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
Preconization :: Preconization (n.) A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity.
Approval :: Approval (n.) Approbation; sanction.
Improbation :: Improbation (n.) The act by which falsehood and forgery are proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some instrument declared false or forged.
Discountenance :: Discountenance (n.) Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.
Blame :: Blame (v. t.) To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.
Probation :: Probation (n.) Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine character, qualification, etc.; examination; trial; as, to engage a person on probation..
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
Praiseless :: Praiseless (a.) Without praise or approbation.
Reprove :: Reprove (v. t.) To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults..
Probationer :: Probationer (n.) A student in divinity, who, having received certificates of good morals and qualifications from his university, is admitted to several trials by a presbytery, and, on acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach..
Disapprove :: Disapprove (v. t.) To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief..
Hypocrite :: Hypocrite (n.) One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety..
Clap :: Clap (n.) A striking of hands to express approbation.
Improbatory :: Improbatory (a.) Implying, or tending to, improbation..
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