Antonyms 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.

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

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

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

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1. ratify

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

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

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1. • Validate

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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, sanction, substantiate, corroborate

How to use ratify in a sentence?

1. Wendy Murphy:

   Herring said in a statement. The fact that Republican attorneys general are suing to block the ERA, and that they now have the support of the Trump Administration, is absolutely repugnant. FLASHBACK: WHY THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT IS A FEMINIST DISASTER On Tuesday, supporters of the ERAfiled a federal lawsuitin Massachusetts aimed at clearing a legal path for adoption of the amendment. The lawsuit argues that because the deadline was set forth in legislation authorizing states to ratify the amendment and not in the three-sentence amendment itself its not constitutionally binding and Virginias vote would put the amendment over the top. We are not surprised that the Trump administration acted swiftly to declare its opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Chrystia Freeland:

   We were very clear that as long as the 232 tariffs were there it would be very, very hard for us to ratify the new NAFTA, and that is why we did not table the legislation, now that that big obstacle is lifted, full steam ahead.

5. Selwin Hart:

   It's happening much faster than anyone anticipated or expected, independent analysis suggests that at least one of the top four emitters must ratify the agreement.

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