making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it (noun.communication)
hypernym (confirmation IS A KIND OF .... relation)
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(noun.act)
a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in t more..a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction(noun.act)
additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct(noun.cognition)
a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage (noun.cognition)
information that confirms or verifies(noun.communication)