Confirming and Contrary

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Confirming adjective - Serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something.

Usage example: in the absence of confirming evidence, we should give him the benefit of the doubt

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Contrary is an antonym for confirming.

Contrary adjective - Being as different as possible.

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Confirming is an antonym for contrary.

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