Thesaurus / affirm
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A tech company is affirming that automating certain decisions may not, in fact, be the smart thing to do — tacitly acknowledging that removing human agency can generate harm.TWITTER MAY LET USERS CHOOSE HOW TO CROP IMAGE PREVIEWS AFTER BIAS SCRUTINYNATASHA LOMASOCTOBER 2, 2020TECHCRUNCH
As a scholar whose research focuses on the ethics of communication and as a yoga teacher, I’m interested in how people use rituals and rhetoric to affirm their interconnectedness with one another – and with the world.WHY ‘NAMASTE’ HAS BECOME THE PERFECT PANDEMIC GREETINGLGBTQ-EDITORSEPTEMBER 30, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWS
First, they needed to affirm that things were indeed quieter.BIRD SONGS GOT SEXIER DURING THE COVID-19 SHUTDOWNULA CHROBAKSEPTEMBER 24, 2020POPULAR SCIENCE
We believe that it’s every American’s responsibility to do what they can to affirm, safeguard, and advance the health of our democracy.WHY CEOS MUST TAKE ACTION ON DEMOCRACY AND ELECTION INTEGRITY—AND HOW THEY CAN DO ITMATTHEWHEIMERAUGUST 27, 2020FORTUNE
PFLAG envisions a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are affirmed, valued, and respected.CINCINNATI – A BIG CITY WITH A SMALL TOWN FEELLGBTQ-EDITORAUGUST 17, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWS
The conference provides a safe and affirming space, and gives attendees an opportunity to access needed legal and healthcare resources.EQUALITY VIRGINIA’S ANNUAL TRANSGENDER SUMMIT TO PRIORITIZE RACIAL JUSTICEPHILIP VAN SLOOTENAUGUST 14, 2020WASHINGTON BLADE
To fix on any one stage in such an evolution, detach it, affirm it, is to wrest a true scripture to its destruction.SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAY
For my part, I scarcely know what to say; inasmuch as I do not care either to affirm or deny a thing of which I have no proof.THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUS
Some affirm that he wrote to please royalty, but if so why did he not condemn the custom to appease the wrath of a sapient king.TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.
In my opinion, the situation of Candy is most beautiful, but many affirm that it is too near the mountains, and lies in a pit.A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFER
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 14, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO AFFIRM
- affirmed
- animadverted
- annotated
- asserted
- brought out
- clarified
- commentated
- concluded
- construed
- criticized
- disclosed
- elucidated
- explained
- explicated
- expounded
- expressed
- glossed
- illustrated
- interjected
- interposed
- interpreted
- mentioned
- noted
- noticed
- observed
- opined
- passed on
- pointed out
- pronounced
- reflected
- remarked
- said
- stated
- touched upon
- affirms
- animadverts
- annotates
- asserts
- brings out
- clarifies
- commentates
- concludes
- construes
- criticizes
- discloses
- elucidates
- explains
- explicates
- expounds
- expresses
- glosses
- illustrates
- interjects
- interposes
- interprets
- mentions
- notes
- notices
- observes
- opines
- passes on
- points out
- pronounces
- reflects
- remarks
- says
- states
- touches upon
- acknowledge
- affirm
- allow
- assert
- attest
- aver
- avow
- blow
- blurt out
- chirp
- clue in
- come clean
- come out
- concede
- confide
- declare
- disclose
- divulge
- dump on
- evince
- finger
- fink
- grant
- humble oneself
- leak
- let on
- level with
- make clean breast of
- manifest
- narrate
- open one's heart
- own
- own up
- post
- profess
- prove
- rat on
- recognize
- relate
- reveal
- sing
- snitch
- sound off
- spill the beans
- spit out
- squeal
- tip hand
- unload
- vent
- weasel
- acknowledged
- affirmed
- allowed
- asserted
- attested
- averred
- avowed
- blew
- blurted out
- came clean
- came out
- chirped
- clue in
- conceded
- confided
- declared
- disclosed
- divulged
- dumped on
- evinced
- fingered
- finked
- granted
- humble oneself
- leaked
- let on
- leveled with
- made clean breast of
- manifested
- narrated
- open one's heart
- owned
- owned up
- posted
- professed
- proved
- rat on
- recognized
- related
- revealed
- sang
- snitched
- sounded off
- spat out
- spilled the beans
- squealed
- tip hand
- unloaded
- vented
- weaseled
- acknowledges
- affirms
- allows
- asserts
- attests
- avers
- avows
- blows
- blurts out
- chirps
- clue in
- comes clean
- comes out
- concedes
- confides
- declares
- discloses
- divulges
- dumps on
- evinces
- fingers
- finks
- grants
- humble oneself
- leaks
- lets on
- levels with
- makes clean breast of
- manifests
- narrates
- open one's heart
- owns
- owns up
- posts
- professes
- proves
- rat on
- recognizes
- relates
- reveals
- sings
- snitches
- sounds off
- spills the beans
- spits out
- squeals
- tip hand
- unloads
- vents
- weasels
- affirm
- approve
- attest
- authenticate
- back
- bear out
- bless
- buy
- certify
- check
- check out
- circumstantiate
- corroborate
- debunk
- double-check
- endorse
- establish
- explain
- give green light
- give high sign
- give stamp of approval
- give the go-ahead
- give the nod
- justify
- lap up
- make good
- make sure
- okay
- rubber-stamp
- sanction
- settle
- sign
- sign off on
- size up
- subscribe
- substantiate
- support
- thumbs up
- underpin
- uphold
- verify
- vouch
- warrant
- witness
- affirming
- approving
- attesting
- authenticating
- backing
- bearing out
- blessing
- buying
- certifying
- checking
- checking out
- circumstantiating
- corroborating
- debunking
- double-checking
- endorsing
- establishing
- explaining
- giving green light
- giving high sign
- giving stamp of approval
- giving the go-ahead
- giving the nod
- justifying
- lapping up
- making good
- making sure
- okaying
- rubber-stamping
- sanctioning
- settling
- signing
- signing off on
- size up
- subscribing
- substantiating
- supporting
- thumbing up
- underpinning
- upholding
- verifying
- vouching
- warranting
- witnessing
- affirms
- approves
- attests
- authenticates
- backs
- bears out
- blesses
- buys
- certifies
- checks
- checks out
- circumstantiates
- corroborates
- debunks
- double-checks
- endorses
- establishes
- explains
- gives green light
- gives high sign
- gives stamp of approval
- gives the go-ahead
- gives the nod
- justifies
- laps up
- makes good
- makes sure
- o.k.'s
- rubber-stamps
- sanctions
- settles
- signs
- signs off on
- size up
- subscribes
- substantiates
- supports
- thumbs up
- underpins
- upholds
- verifies
- vouches
- warrants
- witnesses
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.