corroboration.

Additional information or evidence that supports a claim or account.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• independent corroboration
• seek corroboration
• corroboration of an account

On the page

The diary supplied corroboration of the witness’s account.

The investigators sought independent corroboration before publishing the allegation.

The second measurement offered corroboration, not certainty.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic. Forms: Usually a mass noun; corroborations can name distinct supporting confirmations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.