confirmation

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

2. 2noun

   That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony.

3. 3noun

   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.

4. 4noun

   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.

5. 5noun

   a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church

6. 6noun

   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

7. 7noun

   additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

   "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"

   Synonyms

   checksubstantiationverification
8. 8noun

   information that confirms or verifies

9. 9noun

   making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it

   "the ratification of the treaty"

   "confirmation of the appointment"

   Synonyms

   ratification