CONFIRMATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
   Hypernyms(s) confirmation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sacrament (what does sacrament mean?)
2. Meaning
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) confirmation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • religious ceremony (what does religious ceremony mean?)
   • religious ritual (what does religious ritual mean?)
3. Meaning
   • additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
   Synonym(s)
   • check (what does check mean?)
   • substantiation (what does substantiation mean?)
   • verification (what does verification mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory
   Hypernyms(s) confirmation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • proof (what does proof mean?)
   • cogent evidence (what does cogent evidence mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bed check (what does bed check mean?)
   • crosscheck (what does crosscheck mean?)
   • parity check (what does parity check mean?)
   • redundant check (what does redundant check mean?)
   • odd-even check (what does odd-even check mean?)
   • checksum (what does checksum mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • confirm (what does confirm mean?)
   • corroborate (what does corroborate mean?)
   • sustain (what does sustain mean?)
   • substantiate (what does substantiate mean?)
   • support (what does support mean?)
   • affirm (what does affirm mean?)
   • check (what does check mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
   • check (what does check mean?)
   • insure (what does insure mean?)
   • see to it (what does see to it mean?)
   • ensure (what does ensure mean?)
   • control (what does control mean?)
   • ascertain (what does ascertain mean?)
   • assure (what does assure mean?)
   • verify (what does verify mean?)
   • confirm (what does confirm mean?)
   • reassert (what does reassert mean?)
   • confirm (what does confirm mean?)
   • corroborate (what does corroborate mean?)
   • sustain (what does sustain mean?)
   • substantiate (what does substantiate mean?)
   • support (what does support mean?)
   • affirm (what does affirm mean?)
4. Meaning
   • information that confirms or verifies
   Hypernyms(s) confirmation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • information (what does information mean?)
   • info (what does info mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • reinforcement (what does reinforcement mean?)
   • reenforcement (what does reenforcement mean?)
   • documentation (what does documentation mean?)
   • certification (what does certification mean?)
   • corroboration (what does corroboration mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • confirm (what does confirm mean?)
   • reassert (what does reassert mean?)
   • confirm (what does confirm mean?)
   • corroborate (what does corroborate mean?)
   • sustain (what does sustain mean?)
   • substantiate (what does substantiate mean?)
   • support (what does support mean?)
   • affirm (what does affirm mean?)
5. Meaning
   • making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
   Synonym(s)
   • ratification (what does ratification mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the ratification of the treaty
   • confirmation of the appointment
   Hypernyms(s) confirmation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • agreement (what does agreement mean?)
   • approval (what does approval mean?)
   • commendation (what does commendation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • confirm (what does confirm mean?)
   • sign (what does sign mean?)
   • ratify (what does ratify mean?)