noun
- an expression of assent or approval, especially in formal or academic contexts
Usage: formal; academic
Examples
- The committee gave their placet to the proposed changes.
- After much deliberation, the board issued a placet for the new policy.
- The professor’s placet was needed before the thesis could be defended.
- The council’s placet allowed the project to move forward.
- Without the dean’s placet, the curriculum revision could not proceed.