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confirmation   (TTS Sound)

The noun confirmation has 5 senses

• confirmation, verification, check, substantiation -- (additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory")


• confirmation -- (information that confirms or verifies)


• ratification, confirmation -- (making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it; "the ratification of the treaty"; "confirmation of the appointment")


• 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)


• confirmation -- (a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church)