averment vs confirmation

averment

noun
  • verification; establishment by evidence. 

  • The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion. 

  • A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged. 

confirmation

noun
  • A verification that something is true or has happened. 

  • An official indicator that things will happen as planned. 

  • 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. 

  • An act whereby something conditional or voidable is made sure and unavoidable, especially the possession of an estate. 

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