Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it:
— The ratification of the treaty.

synoniem: confirmation.

Roget 467: evidence; facts, premises, data, praecognita [Lat.], grounds.    indication etc. 550; criterion etc. (test) 463.    testimony, testification^†, expert testimony; attestation; deposition etc. (affirmation) 535; examination.    admission etc. (assent) 488; authority, warrant, credential, diploma, voucher, certificate, doquet^†, docket; testamur^†; record etc. 551; document; pi ce justificative^†; deed, warranty etc. (security) 771; signature, seal etc. (identification) 550; exhibit, material evidence, objective evidence.    witness, indicator, hostile witness; eyewitness, earwitness, material witness, state's evidence; deponent; sponsor; cojuror^†.    oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence [Lat.], presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence; proof etc. (demonstration) 478; evidence in chief.    secondary evidence; confirmation, corroboration, support; ratification etc. (assent) 488; authentication; compurgation^†, wager of law, comprobation^†.    citation, reference; legal research, literature search (experiment) 463.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 769: compact, contract, agreement, bargain; affidation^†; pact, paction^†; bond, covenant, indenture; bundobast^†, deal.    stipulation, settlement, convention; compromise, cartel.    Protocol, treaty, concordat, Zollverein [G.], Sonderbund [G.], charter, Magna Charta [Lat.], Progmatic Sanction, customs union, free trade region; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT; most favored nation status.    negotiation etc. (bargaining) 794; diplomacy etc. (mediation) 724; negotiator etc. (agent) 758.    ratification, completion, signature, seal, sigil [Lat.], signet.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 488: assent, assentment^†; acquiescence, admission; nod; accord, concord, concordance; agreement etc. 23; affirmance, affirmation; recognition, acknowledgment, avowal; confession of faith.    unanimity, common consent, consensus, acclamation, chorus, vox populi; popular belief, current belief, current opinion; public opinion; concurrence etc. (of causes) 178; cooperation etc. (voluntary) 709.    ratification, confirmation, corroboration, approval, acceptance, visa; indorsement etc. (record) 551^†.    consent etc. (compliance) 762.    pressure to conform, herd instinct, peer pressure.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 762: consent; assent etc. 488; acquiescence; approval etc. 931; compliance, agreement, concession; yieldance^†, yieldingness^†; accession, acknowledgment, acceptance, agnition^†.    settlement, ratification, confirmation, adjustment.    permit etc. (permission) 760; promise etc. 768.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: bekrachtiging, bevestiging, bezegeling, confirmatie, homologatie, ratificatie