Confirmation
Confirmation noun - Something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim.
Rejection
Rejection noun - A refusal to confirm the truth of a statement.
Usage example: made a flat rejection of the charges against him
Confirmation is an antonym for rejection.
How words are described
| good | good confirmation | good rejection |
| full | full confirmation | full rejection |
| exact | exact confirmation | exact rejection |
| direct | direct confirmation | direct rejection |
| Other adjectives: actual, absolute, automatic, humiliating, widespread, final, apparent, explicit, definitive, outright, later, official, eventual. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Although there is no confirmation or rejection of the first accusation, the second one has been confirmed to be false.
Source: Offing the Offspring - She is fully aware that her total rejection on their wedding night is pretty much killing Tyrion, since it's a confirmation of one of his biggest fears, that his disability means that no woman will ever be attracted to him of her own free will.
Source: Pity Sex
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