To face someone or something directly, especially in a challenging or challenging way; to deal with a problem directly rather than avoid it.
From Latin 'confrontare,' where 'con-' means 'together' and 'frons' means 'forehead.' The image is of foreheads meeting face-to-face in direct encounter.
The original Latin root literally means 'forehead to forehead'—that's why the word captures the tension of facing someone directly. It's like the language remembered the moment when two people stand their ground with each other.
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