Confirmation

Noun

 * 1) An official indicator that things will happen as planned
 * 2) Verification that something has happened
 * 3) A sacrament of sealing and strengthening in many Christian Churches, often including a ceremony of anointing

Adjectives for Confirmation
complete; concrete; documentary; supplemental; splendid; singular; unexpected; instantaneous; unconscious; unexamined; fresh; particular; ample.

Verbs for Confirmation
add the weight of—; ascertain—; authenticate—; dread—; establish—; inspect—; investigate—; maintain—; rejoice in—; sanction—; settle—;  strengthen—; —assures ; —convinces; —corroborates; —encourages; —fortifies; —legalizes; —proves; —ratifies; —removes doubt; —supports; —verifies.

Related terms
confirm; confirmational

Thesaurus
affirmance, affirmation, agape, approbation, approval, ascertainment, asperges, aspersion, assurance, attestation, auricular confession, authentication, authorization, backing, backing up, baptism, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, bearing out, bolstering, buttressing, celebration, certification, check, checking, circumcision, circumstantiation, collation, comparative scrutiny, confession, corroboration, corroboratory evidence, countersignature, cross-check, deep-rootedness, deep-seatedness, determination, documentation, embedment, endorsement, ensuring, entrenchment, establishment, evidence, extreme unction, fixation, fixedness, fixity, fixture, fortification, go-ahead, green light, high celebration, holy orders, implantation, imprimatur, incense, infixion, inveteracy, invocation, invocation of saints, kiss of peace, lesser litany, litany, love feast, lustration, matrimony, nod, notarization, okay, pax, penance, permission, processional, proof, proving, proving out, ratification, reassurance, reassurement, reciting the rosary, reinforcement, rubber stamp, sanction, seal, seven sacraments, sigil, signature, signet, stabilization, stamp, stamp of approval, strengthening, subscription, substantiation, support, supporting evidence, telling of beads, testament, testimonial, the Eucharist, the confessional, the confessionary, the nod, undergirding, validation, verification, visa, vise, warrant, witness

Etymology
From confirmatio:, noun of process from confirmatus:, perfect passive participle of confirmo:, from con-: + firmo:

Translations

 * Bulgarian: потвърждение
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 * Slovak: potrvdenie
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 * Bulgarian: потвърждение
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 * Estonian: kinnitus
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 * Bulgarian: конфирмация
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 * German: Firmung, Konfirmation


 * Icelandic:
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 * Slovak: birmovanie (Catholic), birmovka  (Catholic), konfirmácia  (Lutheran)
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