Confirmation vs. Confirm — What's the Difference?

In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands.

To support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify

The act of confirming.

To reaffirm the establishment of (a reservation or advance arrangement).

Something that confirms; verification.

To make firmer; strengthen

A Christian rite admitting a baptized person to full membership in a church.

To make valid or binding by a formal or legal act; ratify.

A ceremony in Judaism that marks the completion of a young person's religious training.

To administer the religious rite of confirmation to.

An official indicator that things will happen as planned.

To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.

A verification that something is true or has happened.

To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

To assure the accuracy of previous statements.

The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony.

To strengthen in judgment or purpose.

A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc.

To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.

A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.

To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty.

Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct;

To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3.

Information that confirms or verifies

Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it;

Strengthen or make more firm;

A ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism

Make more firm;

A sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church

As of a person to a position;

Administer the rite of confirmation to;