Beef and Sanction

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Beef noun - An expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment.

Usage example: had to deal with an angry customer with a beef about our service

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Sanction is an antonym for beef.

Nearby Words: beefing, beefy, beefed

Sanction noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.

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Beef is an antonym for sanction.

Nearby Words: sanctioned, sanctity, sanctioning

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