Approve of
Approve of verb - To have a favorable opinion of.
Justify and approve of are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Justify" instead a verb "Approve of".
Justify
Justify verb - To be an acceptable reason for.
Approve of and justify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approve of" instead a verb "Justify".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- champion and approve of
- champion and justify
- advocate and approve of
- advocate and justify
- warrant and approve of
- warrant and justify
- sanction and approve of
- sanction and justify
- approve and approve of
- approve and justify
- countenance and approve of
- countenance and justify
- favor and approve of
- favor and justify
Both terms in one sentence
- Of course, Roseanne was largely using this to justify her not telling Jackie's fiance she was in labor, since she didn't approve of him, which came back to bite her when Jackie went into early labor (not sudden, but gradual), and she had to scramble to find him.
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