'Confirmation' definitions:
Definition of 'confirmation'
From: WordNet
noun
Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" [syn: confirmation, verification, check, substantiation]
noun
Information that confirms or verifies
noun
Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it; "the ratification of the treaty"; "confirmation of the appointment" [syn: ratification, confirmation]
noun
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
noun
A sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
Definition of 'Confirmation'
From: GCIDE
- Confirmation \Con`fir*ma"tion\, n. [F. confirmation, L. confirmatio.]
- 1. The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment. [1913 Webster]
- Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony. [1913 Webster]
- Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Eccl.) A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc. [1913 Webster]
- This ordinance is called confirmation, because they who duly receive it are confirmed or strengthened for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by the grace therein bestowed upon them. --Hook. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'confirmation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptance,
- affirmance,
- affirmation,
- agape,
- approbation,
- approval,
- ascertainment,
- asperges,
- aspersion,
- assurance,
- attestation,
- auricular confession,
- authentication,
- authorization,
- backing,
- backing up,
- baptism,
- bar mitzvah,
- bas mitzvah,
- bearing out,
- bolstering,
- buttressing,
- celebration,
- certification,
- check,
- checking,
- circumcision,
- circumstantiation,
- collation,
- comparative scrutiny,
- confession,
- corroboration,
- corroboratory evidence,
- countersignature,
- cross-check,
- deep-rootedness,
- deep-seatedness,
- determination,
- documentation,
- embedment,
- endorsement,
- ensuring,
- entrenchment,
- establishment,
- evidence,
- extreme unction,
- fixation,
- fixedness,
- fixity,
- fixture,
- fortification,
- go-ahead,
- green light,
- high celebration,
- holy orders,
- implantation,
- imprimatur,
- incense,
- infixion,
- inveteracy,
- invocation,
- invocation of saints,
- John Hancock,
- kiss of peace,
- lesser litany,
- litany,
- love feast,
- lustration,
- matrimony,
- nod,
- notarization,
- OK,
- okay,
- pax,
- penance,
- permission,
- processional,
- proof,
- proving,
- proving out,
- ratification,
- reassurance,
- reassurement,
- reciting the rosary,
- reinforcement,
- rubber stamp,
- sanction,
- seal,
- seven sacraments,
- sigil,
- signature,
- signet,
- stabilization,
- stamp,
- stamp of approval,
- strengthening,
- subscription,
- substantiation,
- support,
- supporting evidence,
- telling of beads,
- testament,
- testimonial,
- the confessional,
- the confessionary,
- the Eucharist,
- the nod,
- undergirding,
- validation,
- verification,
- visa,
- vise,
- warrant,
- witness