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. Steve Vladeck:

   To make a long story short, I think the effort to have him confirmed is principally with an eye toward attempting to ratify all of the programs and policies that could be struck down by courts holding his acting appointment was unlawful, from the perspective of a new administration rolling back this administration's policies, it shouldn't make a difference whether they're promulgated by a Senate-confirmed secretary or someone lawfully exercising the duties of the office on an acting basis.

3. Jessica Neuwirth and Carol Jenkins:

   United States, we are finally within reach of true equality for girls and women in the United States, thanks to the voters of Virginia and supporters across the country, in January of 2020, these elected officials will take up ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. They stand a very good chance of becoming the 38th and final state we need to ratify this amendment into the U.S. Constitution.

4. Foreign Minister Zarif:

   If Donald Trump wants more for more, we can ratify the Additional Protocol and Donald Trump can lift the sanctions Donald Trump set, donald Trump has said that Donald Trump will take any measure to Congress -- fine.

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.