Confirm and Permit

Confirm

Confirm verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.
Usage example: the senate must confirm an appointment to an ambassadorship

Permit and confirm are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Permit" instead a verb "Confirm".

Permit

Permit verb - To give permission for or to approve of.

Confirm and permit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confirm" instead a verb "Permit".

Common collocations

action confirm action permit action
existence confirm existence permit existence
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