Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIS-AP-PROVE', v.t. [Fr. desapprouver; dis and approve.]

1. To dislike; to condemn in opinion or judgment; to censure as wrong. We often disapprove the conduct of others, or public measures, whether we express an opinion or not. It is often followed by of; as, to disapprove of behavior. But modern usage inclines to omit of.
2. To manifest dislike or disapprobation; to reject, as disliked, what is proposed for sanction. The sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief.