verification

Meanings

Plural: verifications

Noun

• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
• (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement
• The act or process of verifying.
• The state of being verified.
• Confirmation; authentication.
• A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
• The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.

Synonyms

check, confirmation, substantiation

Related Words

verificationism, verify, verism, veritable, verity