Affirmation vs. Confirmation

Affirmationnoun

That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.

Affirmationnoun

(legal) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.

Affirmationnoun

A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

Affirmationnoun

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

Affirmationnoun

The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; - opposed to negation or denial.

Affirmationnoun

That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.

Affirmationnoun

A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.

Affirmationnoun

a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

Affirmationnoun

the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

Affirmationnoun

(religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds)

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a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand

Affirmationnoun

the action or process of affirming something

Affirmationnoun

a formal declaration by a person who declines to take an oath.

Affirmationnoun

emotional support or encouragement

Confirmationnoun

An official indicator that things will happen as planned.

Confirmationnoun

A verification that something is true or has happened.

Confirmationnoun

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

Confirmationnoun

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

Confirmationnoun

That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony.

Confirmationnoun

A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc.

Confirmationnoun

A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.

Confirmationnoun

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

Confirmationnoun

information that confirms or verifies

Confirmationnoun

making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it;

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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

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

Confirmation

In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands.