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confirmation
[ kon-fer-mey-shuhn ]
noun
- an act or instance of confirming, or of establishing someone or something, as by verifying, approving, or corroborating:
The study is an attempt at the scientific confirmation of previous anecdotal results.
The nomination and confirmation of this candidate as Court of Appeals Judge is a step in the right direction.
- Religion.
- a rite in some Christian churches, in which baptized individuals profess their faith, are accorded status as full members, and, in some denominations, receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- a solemn ceremony among Reform and certain Conservative Jews, admitting young people to adult membership in the Jewish community after completion of a prescribed course of study.
His birth certificate served as confirmation of his citizenship.
confirmation
/ ˌɒԴəˈɪʃə /
noun
- the act of confirming
- something that confirms; verification
- a rite in several Christian churches that confirms a baptized person in his or her faith and admits him or her to full participation in the church
- (in the philosophy of science) the relationship between an observation and the theory which it supposedly renders more probable Compare hypothetico-deductive
Other 51Թ Forms
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of confirmation1
Example Sentences
He said he got confirmation of Mrs Carter's death after his assistant phoned local police.
Civil rights organizations had criticized her appointment by President Trump and Senate confirmation this month to head the division.
Mr Wright said that message was the "clearest confirmation in their own voices" the two men were responsible for felling the tree.
The confirmation of the deal will still leave uncertainty for the staff who work in the non-Airbus part of the Belfast operation.
He remembers the day after his cancer confirmation coming to school, shutting the door to his office and just crying.
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