'Confirmation' definitions:

Definition of 'confirmation'

(from WordNet)
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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]
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Information that confirms or verifies
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Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it; "the ratification of the treaty"; "confirmation of the appointment" [syn: ratification, confirmation]
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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
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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'

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