Approve and Deplored

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Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

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Deplored is an antonym for approve.

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

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Approve is an antonym for deplored in regret topic.

Nearby Words: deplorable, deploring, deplorably

Sanga was raised in a different culture; his conflict came from the fact that he had given his word to the rulers that were conducting the atrocities he deplored rather then being brought up to approve of them.

Source: Curious Qualms of Conscience

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