confront

verb

Etymology: From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).

1. To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.

   “It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.”

2. To deal with.

   “confront a problem”

3. To bring someone face to face with something.

   “We should confront him about the missing money.”

4. To come up against; to encounter.

   “Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.”

5. To engage in confrontation.
6. To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
7. To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.