Approve and Backwater

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Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

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Backwater is an antonym for approve.

Nearby Words: approval, approbation, approving, approvingly, approvement

Backwater noun - A rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country.

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Approve is an antonym for backwater in declare null and void topic.

Nearby Word: backward

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