Synonyms for ratify
ˈræt əˌfaɪrat·i·fy

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1. ratifyverb

   Synonyms:
   approve

2. ratifyverb

   To give formal consent to; make officially valid.

   Synonyms:
   approve

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1. ratify

   Confirm (Latin con, together, and firmus, firm) is to add firmness or give stability to. Both confirm and corroborate presuppose something already existing to which the confirmation or corroboration is added. Testimony is corroborated by concurrent testimony or by circumstances; confirmed by established facts. That which is thoroughly proved is said to be established; so is that which is official and has adequate power behind it; as, the established government; the established church. The continents are fixed. A treaty is ratified; an appointment confirmed. An act is sanctioned by any person or authority that passes upon it approvingly. A statement is substantiated; a report confirmed; a controversy settled; the decision of a lower court sustained by a higher. Just government should be upheld. The beneficent results of Christianity confirm our faith in it as a divine revelation.

   Synonyms:
   assure, confirm, corroborate, establish, fix, prove, sanction, settle, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, uphold

   Antonyms:
   abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, upset, weaken

   Preposition:
   Confirm a statement by testimony; confirm a person in a belief.

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1. ratify

   Synonyms:
   sanction, seal, confirm, endorse, secure, approve, validity, establish, substantiate, settle

   Antonyms:
   negative, reject, repudiate, disaffirm, invalidate, abrogate, annul, nullify

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1. sign, ratifyverb

   approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

   "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?"

   Synonyms:
   signalise, sign up, signalize, sign, sign on, bless, signal, contract, subscribe

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1. ratifyverb

   Synonyms:
   confirm, substantiate, corroborate, establish, settle

2. ratifyverb

   Synonyms:
   approve, sanction, bind, consent to, make valid

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1. ratifyverb

   Synonyms:
   confirm, sanction, substantiate, corroborate

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1. List of paraphrases for "ratify":

   ratifying, ratification, ratified, ratifies, rratify, approval, approved, approve

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How to use ratify in a sentence?

1. Chuck Schumer:

   In 2023, we should move forward to ratify the ERA with all due haste, because if you look at the terrible things happening to women’s rights in this country … women in America have far fewer rights today than they did even year ago.

2. President Nancy Hagans:

   Voting on whether to ratify a contract is a key component of union democracy. Just like in any democracy, there is rarely 100 percent consensus.

3. Jeremy Ferguson:

   This isn't a personal choice by the presidents of the unions, our membership has made it loud and clear that this is not a deal membership would ratify.

4. Minister Bruno Rodriguez:

   We reiterate our strong condemnation of the unacceptable and unjustifiable unilateral sanctions imposed against the sister nation of Venezuela and the continued foreign interference with the purpose of creating a climate of instability in that sister nation. We ratify our firmest support to the Bolivarian Revolution and the legitimate government headed by President Nicolás Maduro.

5. That Clinton:

   We worked hard to improve and ratify trade agreements with Colombia and Panama and encouraged Canada and the group of countries that became known as the Pacific Alliance -- Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Chile -- all open-market democracies driving toward a more prosperous future to join negotiations with Asian nations on TPP, the trans-Pacific trade agreement.