- confirmation, verification, check, substantiation - additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
--1 is a kind of proof, cogent evidence
--1 has particulars:bed check; crosscheck; parity check, redundant check, odd-even check; checksum Derived form: verb verify1 - verification - (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement
--2 is a kind of affidavit
Derived form: verb verify3