PRETENDS Antonyms

• declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

• report the receipt of

• express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with

• express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for

• accept as legally binding and valid

• accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority

• provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

• authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity

• give testimony in a court of law

• establish or verify the usage of

• establish the authenticity of something

• to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

• admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

• provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

• guarantee payment on; of checks

• authorize officially

• guarantee as meeting a certain standard

• declare legally insane

• confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

• admit (to a wrongdoing)

• confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

• state emphatically and authoritatively

• announce publicly or officially

• state firmly

• declare to be

• authorize payments of

• designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand

• make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official

• proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against

• declare untrue; contradict

• refuse to accept or believe

• refuse to grant, as of a petition or request

• refuse to let have

• deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure

• deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

• refuse to recognize or acknowledge

• make manifest

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

• disclose directly or through prophets