| Noun | 1. | certification - the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on empowerment, authorisation, authorization - the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant accreditation - the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards); "a commission is responsible for the accreditation of medical schools" |
| 2. | certification - confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidenceconfirmation - information that confirms or verifies | |
| 3. | certification - a document attesting to the truth of certain stated factsdocument, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) certificate of incorporation - state approval of the articles of incorporation of a corporation birth certificate - a copy of the official document giving details of a person's birth military commission, commission - an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces bill of health - a certificate saying that a departing ship's company is healthy (to be presented at the next port of arrival) registration - a document certifying an act of registering teacher's certificate, teaching certificate - a certificate saying that the holder is qualified to teach in the public schools probate, probate will - a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate | |
| 4. | certification - validating the authenticity of something or someonevalidation, substantiation, proof - the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something |