Approve and Stand

Approve

Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

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Stand and approve are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stand" instead a verb "Approve".

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

Stand verb - To occupy a place or location.

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Approve and stand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approve" instead a verb "Stand".

Nearby Words: standing, stance, standee

violence	approve violence	stand violence
idea	approve idea	stand idea
name	approve name	stand name
presence	approve presence	stand presence
Other words: time, use, game, story, episodes.

That doesn't mean that they approve of it though; their journey is to stop a bunch of other slavers claiming territory and originally Ahmed was only taken with them to stand trial.

Source: Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil
Instead of being a caring, helpful soul, Mary Worth is a Machiavellian, manipulative harpy who cannot stand people living in ways she doesn't approve and compulsively meddles in the affairs of those she encounters.

Source: Blog / The Comics Curmudgeon
Asa, meanwhile, does not approve of slavery... but mostly because he can't stand the idea of people's liberty taken away from them, not out of morality.

Source: Webcomic / Hotblood!

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