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confirmation Definition

con·fir·ma·tion (kän′fər mā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a confirming or being confirmed; corroboration; ratification; verification
  2. something that confirms or proves
    1. a Christian ceremony variously viewed as a sacrament conferring a special help of the Holy Spirit or as a nonsacramental rite admitting to full church membership
    2. ☆ a Jewish ceremony in which young people reaffirm their belief in the basic spiritual and ethical concepts of Judaism

Etymology: ME & OFr confirmacion < L confirmatio < pp. of confirmare

confirmation Synonyms

confirmation

n.

  1. The act of confirming

    ratification, proving, authentication, corroboration, verification, support, endorsement, sanction, sanctioning, authorization, substantiation, affirmation, acknowledgment, acceptance, passage, validation, certification, approval, attestation, assent, accord, avowal, admission, recognition, proof, evidence, witness, visa, nod, consent, testimony, agreement, corroborative statement, documentation, backing, circumstantiation, reinforcement, establishment; see also agreement 1, 3, proof 1.

    Antonyms annulment, cancellation*, disapproval, denial.

  2. A sacrament

    rite, consecration, liturgy; see ceremony 2, sacrament 1.

confirmation Finance Definition
  1. A trading document sent by a broker to a customer confirming that a trade has taken place and stating its terms.
  2. A letter sent by an auditor to the company’s customers asking them to verify the terms of their accounts receivable or payable transactions. A confirmation also may be sent to account holders asking them to verify their account balances. A positive confirmation asks that all of the appropriate information be confirmed. A negative confirmation requests a reply only if a difference is noted.
  3. In technical analysis, a situation in which one technical indicator confirms another technical indicator. The term can also mean that the requirements of a technical pattern have been met, which confirms the pattern and resulting trend.
confirmation Law Definition

n

  1. An action, declaration, document, or statement that corroborates, ratifies, verifies, gives formal approval, or assures the validity of something. See also advice and consent.
  2. A court order enforcing an arbitrator’s decision. See also award, order, and judgment.
  3. In commercial law, an agreement, usually by a bank, to honor a letter of credit issued by someone else, usually another bank, and to seek reimbursement from the instrument’s issuer.
  4. In property law, a conveyance of an interest in real property to one who has or claims an existing interest in the property, thereby curing a previous conveyance that was defective, increasing or making permanent a previously conveyed interest, or making avoidable estate certain and no longer voidable. See also deed.
confirmation Telecom Definition
A typical feature of e-mail systems, allowing the sender to request that the recipient send a receipt to confirm that the message has been received and, perhaps, send another receipt to indicate that the message has been read. See also e-mail.
confirmation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • booking: Upon confirmation of a booking, a deposit of 10 % will be required.
  • re: You will be contacted regarding confirmation of details re: the filing of the annual return, and renewal of the service.
  • receipt: I sent the mail on Wednesday, asking for a confirmation of receipt.
  • conformity: D Confirmation of conformity with the relevant subject benchmark statement Program aims and outcomes are modeled on the subject benchmark statements.

Converse of object

  • await: He was awaiting confirmation of a named contact in NICE for dental issues.
  • receive: Q: Will I receive confirmation to my email address?
  • recieve: Once posted you will recieve email confirmation that we have received your vacancy, which will appear on the site for one month.
  • seek: However, you should seek confirmation from the supplier that the helmet does offer at least a similar level of protection.
  • pend: All online workshop schedules and deadlines were set-up as " tentative " pending confirmation from both CDAC Online staffers and project participants.
  • obtain: Obtain confirmation that position coincides with that of a cable.

Adjective modifier

  • written: Only a written confirmation from AK Vintage Vehicles will confirm tariffs.
  • instant: Booking information is sent directly to the taxi firm, who can then send instant confirmation.
  • histological: Histological confirmation of tumor involvement in the paranasal sinuses is not available.
  • automatic: You will receive an automatic email confirmation of your booking and an order number.

Modifies a noun

  • invoice: The latest timings will be shown on your confirmation invoice.
  • email: Upon making payment you will receive a confirmation email, which should be kept for your records.
  • E-mail: But the confirmation e-mail that arrived the next day showed a morning flight from New York - that we cannot catch.
  • e-mails: Alternatively, please read the order confirmation e-mails that are sent you by our web order team.

Noun used with modifier

  • booking: You will be sent a booking confirmation which must be checked carefully.
  • Feb: Team line-ups v Crewe Alexandra Tue 14 Feb Confirmation of the starting eleven and substitutes named for the evening game away to Crewe Alexandra.
confirmation Quotes

Since therefore the knowledge and survey of vice is in this world so necessary to the constituting of human virtue, and the scanning of error to the confirmation of truth, how can we more safely, and with less danger, scout intotheregions of sinand falsity thanby reading all manner of tractates and hearing all manner of reason? And this is the benefit which may be had of books promiscuously read.

—Milton,John