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confirmation definition

con·fir·ma·tion (kän′fər mā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a confirming or being confirmed; corroboration; ratification; verification
  2. something that confirms or proves
    1. a Christian ceremony variously viewed as a sacrament conferring a special help of the Holy Spirit or as a nonsacramental rite admitting to full church membership
    2. ☆ a Jewish ceremony in which young people reaffirm their belief in the basic spiritual and ethical concepts of Judaism

Etymology: ME & OFr confirmacion < L confirmatio < pp. of confirmare

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business confirmation definition - business

finance confirmation definition - finance

law confirmation definition - legal

telecom confirmation definition - telecom

confirmation Synonyms

confirmation

n.

  1. The act of confirming

    ratification, proving, authentication, corroboration, verification, support, endorsement, sanction, sanctioning, authorization, substantiation, affirmation, acknowledgment, acceptance, passage, validation, certification, approval, attestation, assent, accord, avowal, admission, recognition, proof, evidence, witness, visa, nod, consent, testimony, agreement, corroborative statement, documentation, backing, circumstantiation, reinforcement, establishment; see also agreement 1, 3, proof 1.

    Antonyms annulment, cancellation*, disapproval*, denial. *

  2. A sacrament

    rite, consecration, liturgy; see ceremony 2, sacrament 1.


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confirmation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • booking: Upon confirmation of a booking, a deposit of 10 % will be required.

Converse of object

  • await: He was awaiting confirmation of a named contact in NICE for dental issues.

Adjective modifier

  • written: Only a written confirmation from AK Vintage Vehicles will confirm tariffs.

Modifies a noun

  • invoice: The latest timings will be shown on your confirmation invoice.

Noun used with modifier

  • booking: You will be sent a booking confirmation which must be checked carefully.
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confirmation quotes

Since therefore the knowledge and survey of vice is in this world so necessary to the constituting of human virtue, and the scanning of error to the confirmation of truth, how can we more safely, and with less danger, scout intotheregions of sinand falsity thanby reading all manner of tractates and hearing all manner of reason? And this is the benefit which may be had of books promiscuously read.

-Milton,John

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