Certification - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Certification : (noun)
1: the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on [syn: enfranchisement] [ant: disenfranchisement]
2: confirmation that some fact or statement is true [syn: documentation, corroboration]
3: a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts [syn: certificate, credential, credentials]
4: validating the authenticity of something or someone [syn: authentication]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Certification : \Cer`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n.[L. certificatio: cf. F. certification.] The act of certifying.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Certification : or CERTIFICATE OF ASSISE. A term used in the old English law, applicable to a writ granted for the reexamination or retrial of a matter passed by assise before justices. F. N. B. 181 3 Bl. Com. 389. The summary motion for a new trial has entirely superseded the use of this writ, which was one of the means devised by the judges to prevent a resort to the remedy by attaint for a wrong verdict.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Certification
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Certification - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Certification