Meanings
plural confirmations
- countableuncountableAn official indicator that things will happen as planned.
We will send you a written confirmation of your hotel booking.
Synonyms: roboration
- countableuncountableA verification that something is true or has happened.
The announcement in the newspaper was a confirmation of my suspicions.
2 more examples
They declare ringing confirmation for their theories even in the face of feeble data.
1999 March 20, Natalie Angiers, The GuardianThe 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!
2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3Synonyms: corroboration, roboration
- countableuncountableA 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.
1977, “Only the Good Die Young”, in Billy Joel (music), The Stranger - countableuncountablelawAn act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn official indicator that things will happen as planned.
nounA verification that something is true or has happened.
More synonyms by meaning
nounadditional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
nounmaking something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincōnfirmātiō
- Old Frenchconfirmacion
- Middle Englishconfirmacioun
- Englishconfirmation
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.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek βεβαίωσις
- βεβαίωσις (bebaíōsis)indicator
Arabic تَأْكِيد, سِرّ المَيْرُون
- تَأْكِيد (taʔkīd)indicator
- سِرّ المَيْرُون (sirr al-mayrūn)Christian ceremony or sacrament
Bulgarian потвържде́ние, потвържде́ние
- потвържде́ние (potvărždénie)indicator
- потвържде́ние (potvărždénie)verification
- конфирма́ция (konfirmácija)Christian ceremony or sacrament
Catalan confirmació, confirmació
- confirmacióindicator
- confirmacióverification
- confirmacióChristian ceremony or sacrament
Chinese Mandarin 確認 /确认, 堅信禮 /坚信礼
- 確認 /确认 (quèrèn)indicator
- 堅信禮 /坚信礼 (jiānxìnlǐ)Christian ceremony or sacrament
Czech potvrzení, potvrzení
- potvrzeníindicator
- potvrzeníverification
- biřmováníChristian ceremony or sacrament
Danish bekræftelse, konfirmation
- bekræftelseindicator
- konfirmationChristian ceremony or sacrament
Dutch bevestiging, bevestiging
- bevestigingindicator
- bevestigingverification
- vormselChristian ceremony or sacrament
- confirmatieChristian ceremony or sacrament
Esperanto konfirmacio
- konfirmacioChristian ceremony or sacrament
Estonian kinnitus, kinnitus
- kinnitusindicator
- kinnitusverification
Finnish vahvistus, vahvistus
- vahvistusindicator
- vahvistusverification
- konfirmaatioChristian ceremony or sacrament
French confirmation, confirmation
- confirmationindicator
- confirmationverification
- vérificationverification
- confirmationChristian ceremony or sacrament
German Bestätigung, Bestätigung
- Bestätigungindicator
- Bestätigungverification
- FirmungChristian ceremony or sacrament
- KonfirmationChristian ceremony or sacrament
Greek επιβεβαίωση
- επιβεβαίωση (epivevaíosi)indicator
Hebrew אִשּׁוּר \ אישור, אִשּׁוּר \ אישור
- אִשּׁוּר \ אישור (ishúr)indicator
- אִשּׁוּר \ אישור (ishúr)verification
Hindi प्रतिज्ञापन, प्रतिज्ञापन
- प्रतिज्ञापन (pratijñāpan)indicator
- प्रतिज्ञापन (pratijñāpan)verification
Hungarian visszaigazolás, megerősítés
- visszaigazolásindicator
- megerősítésverification
- bérmálásChristian ceremony or sacrament
- konfirmációChristian ceremony or sacrament
Icelandic ferming
- fermingChristian ceremony or sacrament
Indonesian konfirmasi, krisma
- konfirmasiverification
- krismaChristian ceremony or sacrament
- penguatanChristian ceremony or sacrament
Irish diongbháil, cóineartú
- diongbháilverification
- cóineartúChristian ceremony or sacrament
Italian conferma, conferma
- confermaindicator
- confermaverification
- verificaverification
- cresimaChristian ceremony or sacrament
Japanese 確認, コンファーム
- 確認 (kakunin)indicator
- コンファーム (konfāmu)indicator
- 堅信 (kenshin)Christian ceremony or sacrament
- 堅信礼 (kenshinrei)Christian ceremony or sacrament
Korean 확인, 컨펌
- 확인 (hwagin)indicator
- 컨펌 (keonpeom)indicator
- 견신 (gyeonsin)Christian ceremony or sacrament
- 견신례 (gyeonsillye)Christian ceremony or sacrament
Latin confirmatio
- confirmatioChristian ceremony or sacrament
Latvian apstiprinājums, apstiprinājums
- apstiprinājumsindicator
- apstiprinājumsverification
Lithuanian patvirtinimas
- patvirtinimasindicator
Malay pengesahan, penguatan
- pengesahanverification
- penguatanChristian ceremony or sacrament
- penetapanChristian ceremony or sacrament
Māori karakia whakaū, whakaūnga
- karakia whakaūChristian ceremony or sacrament
- whakaūngaChristian ceremony or sacrament
Norwegian Bokmål bekreftelse, konfirmasjon
- bekreftelseindicator
- konfirmasjonChristian ceremony or sacrament
Persian تایید
- تایید (ta'yid)verification
Polish potwierdzenie, potwierdzenie
- potwierdzenieindicator
- potwierdzenieverification
- konfirmacjaverification
- bierzmowanieChristian ceremony or sacrament
- konfirmacjaChristian ceremony or sacrament
Portuguese confirmação, confirmação
- confirmaçãoindicator
- confirmaçãoverification
- crismaChristian ceremony or sacrament
- confirmaçãoChristian ceremony or sacrament
Romanian confirmare, confirmare
- confirmareindicator
- confirmareverification
- confirmareChristian ceremony or sacrament
Russian подтвержде́ние, подтвержде́ние
- подтвержде́ние (podtverždénije)indicator
- подтвержде́ние (podtverždénije)verification
- конфирма́ция (konfirmácija)Christian ceremony or sacrament
- миропома́зание (miropomázanije)Christian ceremony or sacrament
Scottish Gaelic daingneachadh, daingneachadh
- daingneachadhindicator
- daingneachadhverification
Slovak potrvdenie, birmovanie
- potrvdenieindicator
- birmovanieChristian ceremony or sacrament
- birmovkaChristian ceremony or sacrament
- konfirmáciaChristian ceremony or sacrament
Spanish confirmación, confirmación
- confirmaciónindicator
- confirmaciónverification
- confirmaciónChristian ceremony or sacrament
Swedish bekräftelse, konfirmation
- bekräftelseindicator
- konfirmationindicator
- bekräftelseverification
- konfirmationverification
- konfirmationChristian ceremony or sacrament
Tagalog patotoo, patutoo
- patotooindicator
- patutooindicator
- patotooverification
- patutooverification
- kumpilChristian ceremony or sacrament
- pagkukumpilChristian ceremony or sacrament
Turkish kiliseye kabul töreni, konfirmasyon
- kiliseye kabul töreniChristian ceremony or sacrament
- konfirmasyonChristian ceremony or sacrament
Ukrainian підтве́рдження, підтве́рдження
- підтве́рдження (pidtvérdžennja)indicator
- підтве́рдження (pidtvérdžennja)verification
- конфірма́ція (konfirmácija)Christian ceremony or sacrament
- миропома́зання (myropomázannja)Christian ceremony or sacrament
Vietnamese sự xác nhận
- sự xác nhậnindicator
Welsh bedydd esgob
- bedydd esgobChristian ceremony or sacrament
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with confirmation
Cite this entry
confirmation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confirmation
“confirmation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confirmation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “confirmation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confirmation.
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