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/ˈɹætɪfaɪ/ · verb
(transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on..
They ratified the treaty.
Thus the workmen decide the principle, the Executive carry it out. The agent provides information and negotiates. The Conference finally ratifies or disapproves.
If the Senate ratifies the covenant on human rights and the Supreme Court upholds it under the established principles outlined above, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of peaceful assembly may be destroyed by our own Government at any time by an official proclamation of a state of emergency.
Use ratify when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ratify means (transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on..
Common synonyms include approve, sign.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They ratified the treaty.
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