VERIFICATION

confirmation, verification, substantiation

(noun) additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; “fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory”

verification

(noun) (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

verification (countable and uncountable, plural verifications)

The act of verifying.

The state of being verified.

Confirmation; authentication.

(legal) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.

(mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.

Source: Wiktionary

Ver`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. vérification.]

1. The act of verifying, or the state of being verified; confirmation; authentication.

2. (Law) (a) Confirmation by evidence. (b) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea. Verification of an equation (Math.), the operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it expresses truly the conditions of the problem. Davies & Peck. (Math. Dict.)

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition