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corroboration

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: K ER0 AO2 B ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

That which corroborates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: documentation, certification

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: confirmation

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: потвърждаване (potvǎrždavane) — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Dutch: bekrachtiging — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Galician: corroboración — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Greek: επιβεβαίωση (epivevaíosi) — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Greek: επίρρωση (epírrosi) — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Manx: co-niartaghey — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Manx: co-niartey — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Marathi: दुजोरा (dujorā) — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Portuguese: corroboração — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Russian: подтвержде́ние (podtverždénije) — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Russian: подкрепле́ние (podkreplénije) — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Spanish: corroboración — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Turkish: teyit — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Ottoman Turkish: تأیید (teʼyid) — the act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming
  • Bulgarian: потвърждение (potvǎrždenie) — that which corroborates
  • Bulgarian: подкрепа (podkrepa) — that which corroborates
  • Galician: corroboración — that which corroborates
  • Greek: επίρρωση (epírrosi) — that which corroborates
  • Greek: επιβεβαίωση (epivevaíosi) — that which corroborates
  • Marathi: दुजोरा (dujorā) — that which corroborates
  • Portuguese: corroboração — that which corroborates
  • Russian: подтвержде́ние (podtverždénije) — that which corroborates