approvement

/AH0 P R UW1 V M AH0 N T/
noun
  1. 1

    (archaic) Approval; approbation.

  2. 2

    (UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation or implication against the accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.

  3. 3

    (obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.