corroboration
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Etymology
Origin of corroboration
1425–75; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Late Latin corroborātiōn- (stem of corroborātiō ). See corroborate, -ion
Explanation
If you tell your boss you couldn't go to work because you were sick and then produce a doctor's note, that's corroboration — a fancy term for "evidence" — something that backs up a statement or a theory. Corroboration is probably the kind of word you wouldn't use in casual conversation; you would more likely use proof, for example. It's generally used in a more technical or formal sense, regarding a legal case, perhaps, or a scientific experiment, as in: "Physicists today are finding increasing corroboration that Einstein's theories were correct."
Vocabulary lists containing corroboration
Just Mercy
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The Field Guide to the North American Teenager
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"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, Chapters 21–26
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Example Sentences
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Corroboration was almost always difficult to come by, in part because Mexican property and financial records were easy to obscure.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022
Corroboration is not required for a court to grant the kind of temporary ex parte protective order granted to Bauer’s accuser, the pitcher’s attorney said.
From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2021
Corroboration can help to stand up for what’s good in the world by aligning with the victim, or can create a team-of-two mentality that combusts into something evil.
From Time • Oct. 11, 2016
Corroboration - the need for evidence in criminal trials to come from two sources - has been a requirement in Scots law for centuries.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2013
Corroboration of this misfortune he left to the oral testimony of the two brothers McCaskey and to the circumstantial evidence of Jim's bandaged head.
From The Winds of Chance by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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