STATEMENT Antonyms

• a disagreement or argument about something important

• coming into conflict with

• take exception to

• have a disagreement over something

• a search for knowledge

• an instance of questioning

• a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest

• an instance of questioning

• the subject matter at issue

• a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

• uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something

• a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote

• an informal reference to a marriage proposal

• challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

• pose a series of questions to

• pose a question

• conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

• place in doubt or express doubtful speculation

• a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

• the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back

• the trait of keeping things secret

• the condition of being concealed or hidden

• the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)

• the absence of sound

• a refusal to speak when expected

• the trait of keeping things secret

• cause to be quiet or not talk

• keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure

• the failure to develop some part or organ

• the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

• (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

• being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance

• the state of being unsure of something