REFUTING Antonyms

• the formal act of approving

• expressing or manifesting praise or approval

• the act of conceding or yielding

• indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen

• serving to support or corroborate

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• furnishing support and encouragement

• capable of bearing a structural load

• serving to support or corroborate

• 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

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

• say yes to

• be behind; approve of

• give support or one's approval to

• guarantee as meeting a certain standard

• sign as evidence of legal transfer

• consider or hold as true

• receive willingly something given or offered

• give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to

• react favorably to; consider right and proper

• admit into a group or community

• take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person

• tolerate or accommodate oneself to

• be designed to hold or take

• receive (a report) officially, as from a committee

• make use of or accept for some purpose

• be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal

• give an exhibition of to an interested audience

• establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

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

• march in protest; take part in a demonstration

• the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

• the state of taking in or encircling

• a close affectionate and protective acceptance

• include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

• hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

• be shown or be found to be

• establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

• provide evidence for

• prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

• increase in volume

• cause to puff up with a leaven

• take a trial impression of

• obtain probate of