corroboration
/kɚˌɔbɚˈeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Fallacious enough doctrine when wielded against one's prejudices, but in corroboration of cherished suspicions not without likelihood."
- "Social media lighted up with corroborations that lower Manhattan was the meteorological equivalent of the jungles of Borneo."
- "Urban Dictionary records at least 66 of the terms found by the present research, but as this dictionary liberally accepts words, definitions, and sample sentences based solely on the say-so of contributors, in the absence of corroboration from other sources the authenticity of some entries must remain dubious."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: corroboracioun, corrōborātiō