Approve of
Approve of verb - To have a favorable opinion of.
Stand and approve of are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stand" instead a verb "Approve of".
Stand
Stand verb - To occupy a place or location.
Approve of and stand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approve of" instead a verb "Stand".
Both terms in one sentence
- 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.
- 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.
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