noun
- Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct.
- usage: "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
- synonyms: confirmation, verification, check
- The act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something.
- synonyms: validation, proof
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