Corroboration
[kə,rɑbə'reʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information.
(n.) That which corroborates.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Confirmation.
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Examples
- I mention it now, only as a corroboration (though I hope it may be needless) of my being free from the sordid design attributed to me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Riah bent his head in corroboration. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And yet the lady's story was complete, the maid's corroboration was sufficient, the detail was fairly exact. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- If your ladyship would wish to have the boy produced in corroboration of this statement, I can lay my hand upon him at any time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have frequently endeavoured to find decisive corroboration of those suspicions, but without effect. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Having once spotted my man, it was easy to get corroboration. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The lady's story certainly seems to be corroborated, if it needed corroboration, by every detail which we see before us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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