VALIDATING Synonyms

• implying sanction or serving to sanction

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• furnishing support and encouragement

• capable of bearing a structural load

• serving to support or corroborate

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

• say yes to

• provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

• authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity

• give testimony in a court of law

• establish or verify the usage of

• establish the authenticity of something

• be behind; approve of

• give support or one's approval to

• guarantee as meeting a certain standard

• sign as evidence of legal transfer

• show to be right by providing justification or proof

• (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin

• adjust the spaces between words

• approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• give evidence for

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• make formal or official

• declare or make legally valid

• make formal or official

• declare or make legally valid