corroboration

Definition

The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation.

Etymology

From Middle English corroboracioun, borrowed from Late Latin corrōborātiō (“strengthening”).

Example Sentences

• "Fallacious enough doctrine when wielded against one's prejudices, but in corroboration of cherished suspicions not without likelihood."
• "Social media lighted up with corroborations that lower Manhattan was the meteorological equivalent of the jungles of Borneo."
• "Urban Dictionary records at least 66 of the terms found by the present research, but as this dictionary liberally accepts words, definitions, and sample sentences based solely on the say-so of contributors, in the absence of corroboration from other sources the authenticity of some entries must remain dubious."