Synonyms for confirmation

Noun

1. confirmation, verification, check, substantiation, proof, cogent evidence

usage: additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"

2. confirmation, information, info

usage: information that confirms or verifies

3. ratification, confirmation, agreement, approval, commendation

usage: making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it; "the ratification of the treaty"; "confirmation of the appointment"

4. confirmation, religious ceremony, religious ritual

usage: 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

5. confirmation, sacrament

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