Approve and Rebuff

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Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

Usage example: as soon as the pond project was approved, the bulldozers were at the site

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Rebuff is an antonym for approve.

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

Rebuff verb - Reject outright and bluntly.

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Approve is an antonym for rebuff in turn away topic.

Nearby Words: rebuffed, rebuffing

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