Approve and Expurgate

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Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

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Expurgate is an antonym for approve.

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

Expurgate verb - To remove objectionable parts from.

Usage example: the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment

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Approve is an antonym for expurgate.

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