confirmation.

1. Establishment or strengthening of support for a claim, report or expectation through relevant evidence or checking.

2. Formal approval, ratification or acknowledgment of a status, appointment or arrangement.

3. A religious rite associated with affirming faith or fuller membership in a Christian community.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• independent confirmation
• confirmation of a report

On the page

Independent confirmation was sought before the reported change was treated as established.

Confirmation of the report depended on records made separately from the original account.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Usually uncountable for verification; plural confirmations for separate notices or acts. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: counterevidence assessment, argument critique, qualified assertion, formal disagreement. Disciplines: argumentation, research interpretation, social analysis. Commonness: moderately common.