ratify
Make officially binding
To ratify is to formally approve or confirm something, typically a treaty, contract, or constitutional amendment.
The word implies official sanction by an authorized body: Congress must ratify the treaty before it takes effect.
Ratification makes something binding that was previously provisional or proposed.
Formally accept or authorize
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- validateConfirm as true
- affirmDeclare to be true
- certifyFormally verify as true
endorse · uphold · confirm · authorize · consent · assent · accede · concur
Amount owed, written
- statuteEnacted written rule
- lawBinding principle or regulation
- enactmentPassing into law
- amendmentChange to official text
constitution · passage · legislature · parliament · assembly · act · decree · ordinance
Confirm as genuine
- verifyConfirm accuracy or truth
- corroborateConfirm with supporting evidence
- substantiateProve something is true
- notarizeOfficially certify documents
seal · signature · countersign · witness · attest · documentation · official · binding
Formal agreement between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- charterFounding organizational document
signatories · bilateral · multilateral · negotiation · diplomacy · summit · declaration · sovereignty
approve
Formally accept or authorize
certify · endorse · uphold · confirm · authorize · consent · assent · accede · concur · acknowledge
bill
Amount owed, written
amendment · constitution · passage · legislature · parliament · assembly · act · decree · ordinance · resolution
authenticate
Confirm as genuine
- verifyConfirm accuracy or truth
- corroborateConfirm with supporting evidence
- substantiateProve something is true
notarize · seal · signature · countersign · witness · attest · documentation · official · binding · legally
pact
Formal agreement between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
charter · signatories · bilateral · multilateral · negotiation · diplomacy · summit · declaration · sovereignty · international
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- Accept synonymswelcome, embrace, adopt, acknowledge, admit
- governance verbsgovern, rule, reign, legislate, regulate
- meeting termsmeeting, agenda, minutes, RSVP, attendee
- approvalapprove, approval rating, agree, accept, thumbs-up
- finalizationfinalize, conclude, close, clinch, seal
- rational thoughtLogic-based mental process
- rational mind
- rational thinkingLogic-based mental process
- rational beingsEntities possessing logical thought
- rational numberFraction with integer parts
- rational discourseLogic-based exchange of views
rational, ratification, ratified, ratifying, ratifies, unratified, ratifier, ratifiers, ratifiable