Main entry: confirmation
Definition: a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
Main entry: confirmation
Definition: 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
Main entry: confirmation, verification, substantiation, check
Definition: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
Usage: fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory
Main entry: confirmation
Definition: information that confirms or verifies
Main entry: confirmation, ratification
Definition: making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
Usage: the ratification of the treaty; confirmation of the appointment