validation

American  

[val-i-dey-shuhn] / ˌvæl ɪˈdeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act of confirming something as true or correct: You will be prompted to enter your new password a second time for validation.

   The new method is very promising but requires validation through further testing.

   You will be prompted to enter your new password a second time for validation.

2. the act of officially or legally certifying or approving something.

   The proposal will be prioritized and put into action after it undergoes validation by the government.

3. the act of affirming a person, or their ideas, feelings, actions, etc., as acceptable and worthy.

   Recognition and validation of minority cultures by classroom teachers is crucial to student wellbeing and success.

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Other Word Forms

• nonvalidation noun
• revalidation noun

Etymology

Origin of validation

valid(ate) ( def. ) + -ation ( def. )

Example Sentences

For Xi, hosting the American president is the ultimate validation.

From The Wall Street Journal

"If Oda Sensei, the person whose brilliant mind this has all come out of says, 'you are the right person to portray this character', that to me is the only validation that matters," she says.

From BBC

Swinney was asked repeatedly during the BBC interview whether the hospital had received a full set of safety validations for every ward and unit, a question that opposition parties have also been asking.

From BBC

“I’m not a big crier, but I just lost it,” Rowell said of the moment he learned of the gift, calling it a validation of his and his team’s work.

From The Wall Street Journal

But “we see increasing validation of AI return on investment as Meta continues to stack improvements in its core recommendation and conversion engines,” he writes.

From Barron's

Related Words

• acceptance
• affirmation
• authorization
• corroboration
• endorsement
• proof
• recognition
• verification