Substantiation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}]
       2: the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of
          something [syn: {validation}, {proof}]