Antonyms for confrontation
ˌkɒn frənˈteɪ ʃən, -frʌn-con·fronta·tion

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1. • Challenge
   • Comparison
   • Discord
   • Resistance

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1. confrontationnoun

   a bold challenge

   Synonyms:
   showdown, face-off, opposition, encounter

2. confrontationnoun

   discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions

   Synonyms:
   showdown, face-off, opposition, encounter

3. confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-offnoun

   a hostile disagreement face-to-face

   Synonyms:
   showdown, meeting, encounter, face-off, brush, skirmish, opposition, clash, coming upon

4. confrontation, oppositionnoun

   the act of hostile groups opposing each other

   "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"

   Synonyms:
   encounter, face-off, showdown, foeman, resistance, foe, oppositeness, opposite, enemy, opposition, opponent

5. confrontationnoun

   a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison

   Synonyms:
   showdown, face-off, opposition, encounter

How to use confrontation in a sentence?

1. Ted Cruz coloring books:

   They didn't ask for confrontation and the government came to them and said, 'Choose between faith and obedience to government power,' and they said, 'I follow a higher power and that is God almighty,'.

2. Igor Ivanov:

   The risk of confrontation with the use of nuclear weapons in Europe is higher than in the 1980s.

3. Cuban Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel:

   I always tell the comrades... with whom I work together in this whole confrontation with the counterrevolution : the day we cut the money, the counterrevolution ends.

4. Meir Dagan:

   Such an outcome is what Israel needs, but it can be achieved only through a full and trusting dialogue with the American administration, based on broad bipartisan support. the risks involved in such a confrontation [with the U.S.] are intolerable.

5. State John Kerry:

   These actions could provoke a further escalation of the conflict and lead to the loss of more innocent lives, increasing the flow of refugees and risking a confrontation with the anti-ISIS (Islamic State) coalition operating in Syria.

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