Antonyms for warranting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wawr-uh nt, wor-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔr ənt, ˈwɒr-

Definition of warranting

Origin : late 13c., "to keep safe from danger," from Old North French warantir (Old French garantir), from warant (see warrant (n.)).
Meaning "to guarantee to be of quality" is attested from late 14c.; sense of "to guarantee as true" is recorded from c.1300. Related: Warranted; warranting.

verb guarantee, justify, authorize

Example sentences :

Then, on the other hand, he has the right and duty of warranting his men.
Extract from : « Domesday Book and Beyond » by Frederic William Maitland

The clandestine character of Mary's shore visit impressed him as warranting complete investigation.
Extract from : « Good References » by E. J. Rath

He looked upon the cases, however, as showing some remarkable results, warranting a careful study.
Extract from : « The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure » by Edward Hooker Dewey

Warranting is the most infernal device ever brought out to make men mean and dishonest.
Extract from : « A Man of Samples » by Wm. H. Maher

The example of other countries, so far from warranting any such limitation of power, is directly against it.
Extract from : « Pamphlets On The Constitution Of The United States » by Various

A friend of mine, J. Smith, hired a horse yesterday, the Kanaka warranting him to be in excellent condition.
Extract from : « Roughing It » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

For all the intentness of her look there was no invitation in it warranting such an advance on my part.
Extract from : « The Mayor's Wife » by Anna Katherine Green

It would not be truthful to say that she came on tiptoe, her build not warranting that mode of progression.
Extract from : « The Grey Lady » by Henry Seton Merriman

In warranting your safe passage to the Duke's court, and your safe return from it to your own country, I think I cannot fail.
Extract from : « Anne of Geierstein, Volume I (of 2) » by Sir Walter Scott

This exemption should not be taken as warranting a general exercise of the right of asylum on board vessels of war.
Extract from : « International Law » by George Grafton Wilson and George Fox Tucker

Synonyms for warranting

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