Commend and Excoriate

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Commend verb - To put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another.

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Excoriate is an antonym for commend.

Excoriate verb - To criticize harshly and usually publicly.

Usage example: the mayor had hardly been in office for a month before she was being excoriated for problems of very long standing

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Commend is an antonym for excoriate.

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Excoriate and Commend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/commend/excoriate

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