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corroboration

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

noun corroborations

  1. countable, uncountable The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation. Fallacious enough doctrine when wielded against one's prejudices, but in corroboration of cherished suspicions not without likelihood.
  2. countable, uncountable That which corroborates. 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 rema

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noun the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming

Españolcorroboración
Portuguêscorroboração
Ελληνικάεπιβεβαίωση epivevaíosi, επίρρωση epírrosi
Русскийподтвержде́ние podtverždénije, подкрепле́ние podkreplénije

noun that which corroborates

Portuguêscorroboração
Ελληνικάεπίρρωση epírrosi, επιβεβαίωση epivevaíosi
Русскийподтвержде́ние podtverždénije

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@misc{corroboration_2026,
  title = {corroboration},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/corroboration},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}