Refutal and Sanction

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Refutal noun - The act of determining that something is false.

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Sanction is an antonym for refutal.

Sanction noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.

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Refutal is an antonym for sanction.

Nearby Words: sanctioned, sanctity, sanctioning

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Sanction and Refutal. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/refutal/sanction

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