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confirmation (iou)



confirmation noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin confirmatio(n-), from confirmat- pa. ppl stem of confirmare: see CONFIRM, -ATION.]
A rite administered to baptized persons, esp. at the age of discretion to admit to full membership in various Christian Churches. In Judaism, the ceremony of bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah. ME.
The formal act of ratifying an appointment, election, decision, etc. ME.
The action of making (more) firm; establishing, settling. LME.
The action of corroborating or verifying; proof; a confirmatory statement or circumstance. LME.
Law. An act by a person ratifying a voidable estate. L15.
b. Scots Law. A ratification of the testamentary appointment of an executor, or the first appointment for a case of intestacy, by court order. L15.
Comb.: confirmation theory inductive logic.