warranting

VERB

guarantee, justify, authorize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affirm approve call for ensure explain necessitate permit require stipulate undertake uphold

STRONG

argue assert assure attest avouch back certify claim commission contend declare defend delegate demand empower endorse entitle excuse guaranty insure license maintain pledge privilege promise sanction secure sponsor state swear underwrite vindicate vow

WEAK

answer for bear out give grounds for stand behind take an oath vouch for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny disallow refuse reject

STRONG

abandon break desert disapprove disavow disclaim discourage give up hurt ignore invalidate leave question retract surrender unauthorize

Example Sentences

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Warranting the labor is the fact that Dr. Baer has treated 300 cases of young and old osteomyelitis with his maggots.

From Time Magazine Archive

Warranting is the most infernal device ever brought out to make men mean and dishonest.

From A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" by Maher, William H.