confirmation (redirected from confirmations)

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.

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confirmation

Noun

1. the act of confirming

2. something that confirms

3. a rite in several Christian churches that admits a baptized person to full church membership

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	confirmation - additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" substantiation, verification, check 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" ratification 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

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confirmation

noun 1. proof, evidence, testimony, verification, ratification, validation, corroboration, authentication, substantiation << OPPOSITE repudiation

noun 2. affirmation, approval, acceptance, endorsement, ratification, assent, agreement << OPPOSITE disapproval

Translations

confirmation [kɔnfəˈmeɪʃən] n → confirmación f

confirmation [kɔnfəˈmeɪʃən] confirm n → confirmation f; ratification f

confirmation [kɔnfəˈmeɪʃən] confirm n → Bestätigung f;

(Rel) → Konfirmation f

confirmation [kɔnfəˈmeɪʃən] n → conferma; cresima