Verification
WordNet
noun
(1) Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
"Fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
(2) (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act of verifying.
- The state of being verified.
- Confirmation; authentication.
- The detective needs verification of your whereabouts last night.
- A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
- The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.
Related terms
- verificationism
- verify
- veritable