substantiation

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substantiation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Substantiation \Sub*stan`ti*a"tion\, n.
     The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.
     [1913 Webster]

substantiation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  substantiation
      n 1: additional proof that something that was believed (some
           fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided
           further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" [syn:
           confirmation, verification, check, substantiation]
      2: the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of
         something [syn: validation, proof, substantiation]