confirmation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

   fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory

2. 2
   noun

   An official indicator that things will happen as planned.

   We will send you a written confirmation of your hotel booking.

3. 3
   noun

   A verification that something is true or has happened.

   The announcement in the newspaper was a confirmation of my suspicions.

4. 4
   noun

   A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

   You got a nice white dress / and a party on your confirmation. / You've got a brand new soul, / mm, and a cross of gold.

5. 5
   noun

   a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church

6. 6
   noun

   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

7. 7
   noun

   information that confirms or verifies

8. 8
   noun

   making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it

Etymology

From Middle English confirmacioun, from Old French confirmacion, from Latin cōnfirmātiō, noun of process from cōnfirmātus (“confirmed”), perfect passive participle of cōnfirmāre, from con- (“with”) + firmāre (“to firm or strengthen”). Morphologically confirm + -ation.