Antonyms of verb approbate

1 of 2 senses of approbate

Sense 2
approbate -- (accept (documents) as valid)
       Antonym of reprobate (Sense 1)
      => reprobate -- (reject (documents) as invalid)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb approbate

2 senses of approbate

Sense 1
approbate -- (approve or sanction officially)
       => authorize, authorise, pass, clear -- (grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography")

Sense 2
approbate -- (accept (documents) as valid)
       => accept -- (consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument")

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