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Ratification

The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty.

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Agreement 76% connected

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the mem…

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Confirm 74% connected

To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Confirm 74% connected

To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

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Confirmation 92% connected

The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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deixis noun · 78% connection

the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communicatio…

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Illation noun · 78% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Inference noun · 78% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Speech act noun · 78% connection

the use of language to perform some act

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Affirmance noun · 78% connection

Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.

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Affirmation noun · 78% connection

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

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Affirmative adjective · 78% connection

Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.

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Bishop verb · 78% connection

To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.

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Certification noun · 78% connection

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

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Check noun · 78% connection

additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmati…

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Chrism noun · 78% connection

Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirm…

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Cite verb · 78% connection

To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation.

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Colour noun · 78% connection

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity";…

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Confirmance noun · 78% connection

Confirmation.

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Confirmatory a. . · 78% connection

Pertaining to the rite of confirmation.

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Confirmedly adverb · 78% connection

With confirmation.

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Consignation noun · 78% connection

The act of ratifying or establishing, as if by signing; confirmation; ratification.

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Corroboration noun · 78% connection

The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or o…

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Cosignitary noun · 78% connection

One who signs a treaty or public document along with others or another; as, the cosignitaries of the treaty of Berlin.

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Documentation noun · 78% connection

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

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Establishment noun · 78% connection

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

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Homologation noun · 78% connection

Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null and void), by a court or a grantor.

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