confirmation

Meaning

Noun

• An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
• A verification that something is true or has happened.
• 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.

Origin

• From Middle English confirmacioun, from Old French confirmacion, from Latin cōnfirmātiō, noun of process from cōnfirmātus, perfect passive participle of confirmo, from con- + firmo.
• Morphologically confirm + -ation.