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   confirmation

   /ˌkɒnfəˈmeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed: "high unemployment figures were further confirmation that the economy was in recession" Similar corroborationverificationprooftestimonyendorsementauthenticationsubstantiationjustificationvindicationsupportevidenceratificationapprovalauthorizationvalidationsanctionendorsementformalizationcertificationaccreditationrecognitionacceptanceagreement toconsent to
   • 2. (in the Christian Church) the rite at which a baptized person, especially one baptized as an infant, affirms Christian belief and is admitted as a full member of the Church: "the kind of joy mixed with tears one finds at weddings and confirmations"
   • ▪ the Jewish ceremony of bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah.

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin confirmatio(n-), from confirmare ‘make firm, establish’ (see confirm).

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