confirmation

 
Pronunciation: /kɒnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1the action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed: high unemployment figures were further confirmation that the economy was in recession
  • 2(in the Christian Church) the rite at which a baptized person, especially one baptized as an infant, affirms Christian belief and is admitted as a full member of the Church: [count noun]: the kind of joy mixed with tears one finds at weddings and confirmations
  • the Jewish ceremony of bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah.

Origin:

Middle English: via Old French from Latin confirmatio(n-), from confirmare 'make firm, establish' (see confirm)