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confirmation

noun
/ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/US/ˌkɒn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/UK/kənfə(ɾ)ˈmeʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English confirmacioun, from Old French confirmacion, from Latin cōnfirmātiō, noun of process from cōnfirmātus (“confirmed”), perfect passive participle of cōnfirmāre, from con- (“with”) + firmāre (“to firm or strengthen”). Morphologically confirm + -ation.

  1. derived from cōnfirmātiō
  2. derived from confirmacion
  3. inherited from confirmacioun

Definitions

  1. An official indicator that things will happen as planned.

    • We will send you a written confirmation of your hotel booking.

  2. A verification that something is true or has happened.

    • The announcement in the newspaper was a confirmation of my suspicions.
    • They declare ringing confirmation for their theories even in the face of feeble data.
    • The thing is, we've even had formal confirmation from Government itself that the crucial research required to make such sweeping claims hasn't been done!

  3. A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian…

    A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

    • You got a nice white dress / and a party on your confirmation. / You've got a brand new soul, / mm, and a cross of gold.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially…

      An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate.

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Derived

autoconfirmation, confirmation bias, confirmation name, deconfirmation, delivery confirmation, disconfirmation, gender confirmation surgery, nonconfirmation, preconfirmation, reconfirmation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at confirmation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at confirmation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at confirmation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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