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confirmation

con.fir.ma.tion \.ka:n-f*r-'ma--sh*n\ n 1: an act or process of confirming 
   : as  1a1: a Christian rite admitting a baptized person to full church 
   privileges  1a2: a ceremony confirming Jewish youths in their ancestral 
   faith  1b: the ratification of an executive act by a legislative body  2a: 
   confirming proof : CORROBORATION  2b: the process of supporting a statement 
   by evidence