#approval  a feeling of liking something or someone good; "although she fussed at them, she secretly viewed all her children with approval"
  exclusion:  disapproval.dislike
  supertype:  liking  a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"
  subtype:  favour__favor  a feeling of favorable regard
  subtype:  approbation.approval  official approval

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