"corroboration" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: corroborations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English corroboracioun, borrowed from Late Latin corrōborātiō (“strengthening”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|corroboracioun}} Middle English corroboracioun, {{der|en|LL.|corrōborātiō|t=strengthening}} Late Latin corrōborātiō (“strengthening”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} corroboration (countable and uncountable, plural corroborations)
  1. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming): потвърждаване (potvǎrždavane) (Bulgarian), bekrachtiging (Dutch), corroboración [feminine] (Galician), επιβεβαίωση (epivevaíosi) [feminine] (Greek), επίρρωση (epírrosi) [feminine] (Greek), co-niartaghey [masculine] (Manx), co-niartey [masculine] (Manx), تأیید (teʼyid) (Ottoman Turkish), corroboração [feminine] (Portuguese), подтвержде́ние (podtverždénije) [neuter] (Russian), подкрепле́ние (podkreplénije) [neuter] (Russian), corroboración [feminine] (Spanish), teyit (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-corroboration-en-noun-QNOWKxId Disambiguation of 'the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming': 97 3
  2. That which corroborates. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (that which corroborates): потвърждение (potvǎrždenie) (Bulgarian), подкрепа (podkrepa) (Bulgarian), corroboración [feminine] (Galician), επίρρωση (epírrosi) [feminine] (Greek), επιβεβαίωση (epivevaíosi) [feminine] (Greek), corroboração [feminine] (Portuguese), подтвержде́ние (podtverždénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-corroboration-en-noun-f6Rafx9c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of 'that which corroborates': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: corroborational, noncorroboration

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1857, Herman Melville, chapter 23, in The Confidence-Man:",
          "text": "Fallacious enough doctrine when wielded against one's prejudices, but in corroboration of cherished suspicions not without likelihood.",
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        {
          "ref": "September 16 2016, Jonah Goldberg writing in the Baltimore Sun, Hillary's health is a valid issue",
          "text": "Social media lighted up with corroborations that lower Manhattan was the meteorological equivalent of the jungles of Borneo."
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