Definition of CONFIRMATION

confirmation

Meanings

Plural: confirmations

Noun

  • additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
    • "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
  • information that confirms or verifies
  • making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
    • "confirmation of the appointment"
  • 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
  • a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
  • An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
  • A verification that something is true or has happened.
  • A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.
  • An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English confirmacioun, from Old French confirmacion, from Latin cōnfirmātiō, noun of process from cōnfirmātus (“confirmed”), perfect passive participle of cōnfirmāre, from con- (“with”) + firmāre (“to firm or strengthen”).
Morphologically confirm + -ation.

Scrabble Score: 19

confirmation is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
confirmation is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 23

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