VALIDATION Synonyms

• the action of bearing witness

• the evidence by which something is attested

• a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity

• validating the authenticity of something or someone

• the act of providing approval and support

• something forming a back that is added for strengthening

• financial resources provided to make some project possible

• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

• information that confirms or verifies

• making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it

• a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism

• a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church

• confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

• a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

• a speech seconding a motion

• formal and explicit approval

• a signature that validates something

• the act of endorsing

• something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary

• a statement in explanation of some action or belief

• the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning

• making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it

• formal and explicit approval

• a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

• official permission or approval

• the act of final authorization

• give sanction to

• give authority or permission to

• give religious sanction to, such as through an oath

• the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

• aiding the cause or policy or interests of

• something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest

• a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

• documentary validation

• the financial means whereby one lives

• supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

• any device that bears the weight of another thing

• financial resources provided to make some project possible

• give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

• support materially or financially

• be behind; approve of

• be the physical support of; carry the weight of

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• adopt as a belief

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

• argue or speak in defense of

• play a subordinate role to (another performer)

• be a regular customer or client of

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

• (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement

• the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.

• the justification for some act or belief

• approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

• the act of forming or establishing something

• an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence

• any large organization

• (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat

• the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

• any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something

• a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it

• a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)

• (printing) an impression made to check for errors

• a trial photographic print from a negative

• the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

• (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand

• make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset

• knead to reach proper lightness

• read for errors

• activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk

• make resistant (to harm)

• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

• the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something