confirmation

Words with a similar base: confirmation

'confirmation'

[confirmation.n.01] as in: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

Examples:
fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory

'confirmation'

[confirmation.n.02] as in: information that confirms or verifies

'confirmation'

[ratification.n.01] as in: making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it

Examples:
the ratification of the treaty
confirmation of the appointment

'confirmation'

[confirmation.n.04] as in: 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'

[confirmation.n.05] as in: a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church

Origins

					confirmation (English)
└── confirmatio (Latin)

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