confirmation

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From Latin confirmatio, noun of process from perfect passive participle confirmatus, confirmed, from verb confirmare, from con-, with, + firmare, firm or strengthen.

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Singular
confirmation

Plural
confirmations

confirmation (plural confirmations)

  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 religions, often including a ceremony of anointing

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