Synonyms of the word

certification

• n. The act of certifying.
• n. The granting of a certificate.
• n. A professional qualification that certifies a person's ability.

authentication

• n. something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something.
• n. (computing) proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network.
• n. a hallmark or assay-mark on a piece of metalwork.

authorisation

• n. Alternative spelling of authorization.

authorization

• n. (uncountable) Permission.
• n. (countable) An act of authorizing.
• n. (countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
• n. (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.

certificate

• n. A document containing a certified statement.
• n. A document evidencing ownership or debt.
• n. A document serving as evidence as a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution…
• n. (computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.
• v. To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.

confirmation

• n. An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
• n. A verification that something has happened.
• n. A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically…

corroboration

• n. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation.
• n. That which corroborates.

credential

• adj. Pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone).
• n. (chiefly in the plural) documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges.
• v. to furnish with credentials.

credentials

• n. plural of credential.
• n. Documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an…

document

• n. An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including…
• n. (obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
• n. (obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.
• v. To record in documents.
• v. To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information.

documentation

• n. Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
• n. (computing, mechanical engineering) Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software…
• n. (programming) Comments that explain the usage of individual functions, libraries and blocks of code.

empowerment

• n. The granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group.
• n. The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power.
• n. The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
• n. (South Africa) Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.

enfranchisement

• n. The act of enfranchising.
• n. The release from slavery.
• n. The investiture with any of several municipal privileges.
• n. (Britain, law) conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold.

papers

• n. plural of paper.
• n. (plural only) Official documents or identification, as a passport.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paper.

proof

• n. (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act…
• n. (uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief;…
• n. The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or…
• n. (obsolete) Experience of something.
• n. (uncountable, obsolete) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
• n. (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
• n. (countable, logic, mathematics) A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements…
• n. (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove,…
• n. (obsolete) Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.
• n. (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1%…
• adj. Used in proving or testing.
• adj. Firm or successful in resisting.
• adj. (of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
• v. (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
• v. (transitive, cooking) To allow to rise (of yeast-containing dough).
• v. (transitive, cooking) To test the activeness of (yeast).

substantiation

• n. The act of substantiating.
• n. Something which substantiates; evidence, proof.

validation

• n. The act of validating something.
• n. Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation,…
• n. The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions.