RATIFY Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

ratify

verb

ˈra-tə-ˌfī

as in to approve

to give official acceptance of as satisfactory Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery

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Recent Examples of ratify So the Fourteenth Amendment is ratified in summer of 1868 with the votes of the free states, not all the states. —

David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026 It then must be ratified by the guild membership. —

ABC News, 9 June 2026 The full deal is expected once rank-and-file members ratify the agreement. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 June 2026 All three bargaining units that are part of the Broward Teachers Union voted to ratify the 2025-26 tentative agreement, union president Anna Fusco wrote in a May 12 letter to the district. —

Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for ratify

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Finland’s parliament on Wednesday voted to lift a decades-old ban on nuclear weapons, approving a major defense policy shift aimed at aligning the country more closely with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) deterrence strategy.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
The proposal to allow noncitizens to vote was proposed by Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez and approved on a 10-5 vote.

— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026