Assert and Prevaricate

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Assert verb - To state clearly and strongly.

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Prevaricate is an antonym for assert.

Prevaricate verb - To make a statement one knows to be untrue.

Usage example: during the hearings the witness was willing to prevaricate in order to protect his friend

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Assert is an antonym for prevaricate.

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Prevaricate and Assert. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/assert/prevaricate

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