What is another word for corroboration?

Pronunciation: [kəɹˌɒbəɹˈe͡ɪʃən] (IPA)

Corroboration is a term that refers to evidence or testimony that supports a particular claim. Synonyms for corroboration include verification, confirmation, substantiation, validation, and authentication. These terms all convey the same basic concept of providing additional evidence to back up a claim or assertion. Other synonyms for corroboration include validation, proof, evidence, endorsement, confirmation, support, and authentication. These terms are often used interchangeably in legal and academic contexts to describe the process of providing evidence to substantiate a claim or theory. Regardless of which term is used, the purpose of corroboration is to establish the credibility of a claim, and to ensure that it is not simply hearsay or conjecture.

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What are the opposite words for corroboration?

Corroboration is the act of providing evidence or support to a claim or argument. Antonyms for the word corroboration include contradiction, denial, and refutation. Contradiction means to go against something, usually a statement or position. Denial is the act of refusing to accept or acknowledge something, while refutation is the act of proving a claim or argument to be false or incorrect. Other antonyms for corroboration include challenge, dispute, and dissent, all of which indicate a lack of agreement or support. In contrast to corroboration, these words suggest disapproval, rejection or rejection based on lack of evidence or convincing conclusions.

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Usage examples for Corroboration

In corroboration of this account, my friend Mrs F-mentioned the case of a Newfoundland dog, which was one day accidentally shut up in the dining-room, when the family were out.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
But of this story what corroboration is there, and what do the books say?
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
And more, we know or suppose, from at least one quite familiar instance from Flintshire, that a tradition may even take us back to prehistoric times and find corroboration in our own day.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson

Famous quotes with Corroboration

  • There is no justifiable prediction about how the hypothesis will hold up in the future; its degree of corroboration simply is a historical statement describing how severely the hypothesis has been tested in the past.
    Robert Nozick
  • No one wants advice - only corroboration.
    John Steinbeck
  • No one wants advice -- only corroboration.
    John Steinbeck
  • The core ideas in Hayek’s metaphysical and methodological thought were, in the former, that reality is complex; and in the latter, that there should be some empirical corroboration for statements about events in the realm of nature.
    Alan O. Ebenstein
  • There is … no first person plural to the verb "cogito." Observation, verification, and inference are functions which are perfected only in their independent individual exercise. I am not unmindful of the importance of the corroboration of one mind by another; but such corroboration is valuable only in so far as both minds have reached their results alone. corroboration implies the absence of collusion. The devotee of the intellect must, then, have the strength to work alone.
    Ralph Barton Perry

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