| confirmation | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. check, confirmation, substantiation, verification | additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct.; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" |
| ~ cogent evidence, proof | any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something.; "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it" |
| ~ bed check | a check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be. |
| ~ crosscheck | an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources. |
| ~ odd-even check, parity check, redundancy check | a system of checking for errors in computer functioning. |
| ~ checksum | a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage. |
| n. (communication) | 2. confirmation | information that confirms or verifies. |
| ~ info, information | a message received and understood. |
| ~ reenforcement, reinforcement | information that makes more forcible or convincing.; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints" |
| ~ corroboration, documentation, certification | confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence. |
| n. (communication) | 3. confirmation, ratification | making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it.; "the ratification of the treaty"; "confirmation of the appointment" |
| ~ agreement | the verbal act of agreeing. |
| n. (act) | 4. confirmation | a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism. |
| ~ religious ceremony, religious ritual | a ceremony having religious meaning. |
| n. (act) | 5. confirmation | a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church. |
| ~ sacrament | a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction. |
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