verification
noun
- process of proving that a suspected fact is true
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌvɛ.ɹə.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
noun
Etymology: From Middle French verification (modern French vérification) or its etymon Medieval Latin vērificātiō. By surface analysis, verificate + -ion.
- The act or process of verifying.
- The state of being verified.
- Confirmation; authentication.
“The detective needs verification of your whereabouts last night.”
- A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
- The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.