confirmation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A statement or proof that something is true or has happened.

   The newspaper report was a confirmation of my suspicions.

2. 2
   noun

   An official message saying that something will happen as planned.

   We will send you a written confirmation of your booking.

3. 3
   noun

   A religious ceremony in which a young person becomes a full member of a church.

   She wore a white dress for her confirmation.

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.

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