# confirmation

Pronunciation: US say "kon-fur-MAY-shuhn" /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/; UK say "kon-fuh-MAY-shuhn" /ˌkɒn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/

## Noun

1. Proof or evidence that something is true or has taken place.
   - Simple: Proof or a clear sign that something is true or really happened.
   - _The lab results provided confirmation that the original diagnosis was correct._
   - _Investigators sought confirmation of the witness's account before filing charges._
2. An official indication that something will proceed as planned.
   - Simple: An official sign that a plan or booking will go ahead as arranged.
   - _The airline sent confirmation that the flight would depart on schedule._
   - _Once you receive confirmation from the registrar, your enrollment is secure._
3. A Christian ceremony marking a person's conscious acceptance of the faith, usually around ages 14 to 18; treated as a sacrament in Catholicism and some churches but not in most Protestant ones.
   - Simple: A church ceremony where a young Christian publicly accepts the faith, usually as a teenager.
   - _Their daughter received her confirmation at fourteen, surrounded by family and godparents._
   - _The parish held confirmation for a dozen teenagers at the Easter vigil._
4. A legal act by which something conditional or voidable is made certain and final, especially the possession of an estate.
   - Simple: A legal act that makes an uncertain right final and impossible to cancel, often the ownership of land.
   - _The deed of confirmation settled the heir's title beyond any future challenge._
   - _Lawyers sought confirmation of the conditional grant to secure the estate._

## Origin

It comes from Middle English confirmacioun, via Old French confirmacion, from Latin cōnfirmātiō, a noun formed from cōnfirmāre: itself built from con- ("with") plus firmāre ("to firm or strengthen").

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