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Princeton's WordNet

  1. documentation, certification, corroborationnoun

    confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

Wiktionary

  1. corroborationnoun

    The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information.

  2. corroborationnoun

    That which corroborates.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Corroborationnoun

    The act of strengthening or confirming; confirmation by some additional security; addition of strength.

    Etymology: from corroborate.

    The lady herself procured a bull, for the better corroboration of the marriage. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

Wikipedia

  1. corroboration

    Corroborating evidence, also referred to as corroboration, is a type of evidence in law.

ChatGPT

  1. corroboration

    Corroboration is the act of confirming or supporting a statement, theory, or finding with additional evidence or proof. It enhances the credibility and reliability of the information or claim being presented.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Corroborationnoun

    the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information

  2. Corroborationnoun

    that which corroborates

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. corroboration.]

Wikidata

  1. Corroboration

    Corroboration is a 2001 compilation released on the Festival Mushroom Records imprint, Sputnik. It was the result of a project put together by Kurt Luthy. It brought together indigenous and non indigenous musicians and bands from various genres. It reached #92 on ARIA Top 100 Albums chart. In 2002 it received an ARIA Award nomination for Best World Music Album.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of corroboration in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of corroboration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of corroboration in a Sentence

  1. James Comey:

    I asked the president tweeted on Friday after I got fired that I better hope theres not tapes. I woke up in the middle of the night on Monday night because it didnt dawn on me originally, that there might be corroboration for our conversation, there might a tape.

  2. Arnold Reed:

    At best, they are uncorroborated. At worst, they’re just not believable. When you consider that they’re flying down I-75, he is driving and has time to do all of that, they get pulled over by a police officer, and she doesn’t tell him what’s going on? any female or male that comes forward and says anybody harasses them, that is serious. Those things are not to be taken lightly. But we have to be able to at least have some corroboration if we’re going to be saying my client did something wrong.

  3. John Durham:

    You and your colleagues took the information…and put it in the Carter Page FISA application, you didn’t have corroboration from FBI databases, from other intelligence community agencies, or from Christopher Steele and it still went into a FISA application?

  4. Jeffrey Epstein:

    You’re not comparing apples to apples and pears to pears, the allegations in the civil case are significantly different and involve different accusers. But Maxwell's conviction might provide slight corroboration to Giuffre’s allegations.

  5. Andrew Cuomo:

    My personal opinion is that, given the damning pattern of facts and corroboration laid out in the article, I do not believe it is possible for Eric Schneiderman to continue to serve as Attorney General, and for the good of the office, he should resign.

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Translations for corroboration

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  • تأييدArabic
  • потвърждаване, подкрепа, потвърждениеBulgarian
  • corroboraciónSpanish
  • co-niartey, co-niartagheyManx
  • bekrachtigingDutch
  • corroboraçãoPortuguese
  • подкрепление, подтверждениеRussian

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