confront

verb

1. (transitive)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. (transitive)To deal with.

   “confront a problem”

3. (transitive)To bring someone face to face with something.

   “We should confront him about the missing money.”

4. (transitive)To come up against; to encounter.

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

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