Confirm and Discourage

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Confirm verb - To give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of.

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Discourage is an antonym for confirm in reinforce topic.

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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Confirm is an antonym for discourage.

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