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confirmation

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con·fir·ma·tion  (knfr-mshn)
n.
1.
a. The act of confirming.
b. Something that confirms; verification.
2.
a. A Christian rite admitting a baptized person to full membership in a church.
b. A ceremony in Judaism that marks the completion of a young person's religious training.

confirmation [ˌkɒnfəˈmeɪʃən]
n
1. the act of confirming
2. something that confirms; verification
3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a rite in several Christian churches that confirms a baptized person in his faith and admits him to full participation in the church
4. (Philosophy) (in the philosophy of science) the relationship between an observation and the theory which it supposedly renders more probable Compare hypothetico-deductive
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Noun1.confirmation - additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
cogent evidence, proof - any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it"
bed check - a check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be
crosscheck - an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources
odd-even check, parity check, redundancy check - a system of checking for errors in computer functioning
checksum - a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage
2.confirmation - information that confirms or verifies
info, information - a message received and understood
reenforcement, reinforcement - information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints"
corroboration, documentation, certification - confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
3.confirmation - making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it; "the ratification of the treaty"; "confirmation of the appointment"
agreement - the verbal act of agreeing
4.confirmation - 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
religious ceremony, religious ritual - a ceremony having religious meaning
5.confirmation - a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
sacrament - a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction

confirmation
noun
1. proof, evidence, testimony, verification, ratification, validation, corroboration, authentication, substantiation He took her resignation as confirmation of their suspicions.
proof denial, contradiction, repudiation, disavowal
2. affirmation, approval, acceptance, endorsement, ratification, assent, agreement She glanced over at James for confirmation of what she'd said.
affirmation refusal, rejection, cancellation, disapproval, annulment
Translations
confirmation [ˌkɒnfəˈmeɪʃən] N
1. (= proof) → confirmación f
2. (Rel) → confirmación f

confirmation [ˌkɒnfərˈmeɪʃən] n
(= corroboration) [report, rumour, fear] → confirmation f
[appointment, arrangement] → confirmation f; [booking, reservation] → confirmation f

confirmation
n
Bestätigung f; a letter in confirmation (of)ein Brief mzur or als Bestätigung (+gen)
(Eccl) → Konfirmation f; (of Roman Catholics)Firmung f; confirmation classesKonfirmanden-/Firmunterricht m

confirmation [ˌkɒnfəˈmeɪʃn] nconferma (Rel) → cresima
confirmation [ˌkɒnfəˈmeɪʃn] nconferma (Rel) → cresima

confirmation تأكيد potvrzení bekræftelse Bestätigung επιβεβαίωση confirmación vahvistus confirmation potvrda cresima 確認 확인 bevestiging bekreftelse potwierdzenie confirmação подтверждение bekräftelse การยืนยัน teyit sự xác nhận 证实


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Withal, my knowledge of him is so meager that I should rather not undertake to say if he were himself persuaded of the truth of what he relates; certainly such inquiries as I have thought it worth while to set about have not in every instance tended to confirmation of the statements made.
I concluded, of course, that she and Reginald had been quarrelling; and looked with anxious curiosity for a confirmation of my belief in her face.
Wickham, and of seeing a confirmation of everything in Mr.
 
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