verification

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
noun (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement

From Middle French verification (modern French vérification) or its etymon Medieval Latin vērificātiō. By surface analysis, verificate + -ion.

The belief creates its verification. — The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, William James
That was the first point of verification. — The blue scarab, R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
“But I have experimental verification,” said the Time Traveller. — The Time Machine, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

confirmation, check, substantiation

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