Approve and Confute

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Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

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Confute is an antonym for approve.

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

Confute verb - To prove to be false.

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Approve is an antonym for confute in disprove topic.

Nearby Words: confutation, confuting

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