Confirmation vs. Conformation
Confirmation and Conformation Definitions
Confirmation
The act of confirming.
Conformation
The act of conforming or the state of being conformed.
Confirmation
Something that confirms; verification.
Conformation
The structure or outline of an item or entity, determined by the arrangement of its parts.
Confirmation
A Christian rite admitting a baptized person to full membership in a church.
Conformation
A symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing.
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Confirmation
A ceremony in Judaism that marks the completion of a young person's religious training.
Conformation
One of the spatial arrangements of atoms in a molecule that can come about through free rotation of the atoms about a chemical bond.
Confirmation
An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
We will send you a written confirmation of your hotel booking.
Conformation
The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
Confirmation
A verification that something is true or has happened.
The announcement in the newspaper was a confirmation of my suspicions.
Conformation
The state of being conformed; agreement
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Confirmation
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.
Conformation
Structure, the arrangement of parts of some thing; form; arrangement.
Confirmation
The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.
Their blood is shedIn confirmation of the noblest claim.
Conformation
(chemistry) The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken.
Confirmation
That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony.
Trifles light as airAre to the jealous confirmations strongAs proofs of holy writ.
Conformation
The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
The conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion and morality.
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Confirmation
A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc.
This ordinance is called confirmation, because they who duly receive it are confirmed or strengthened for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by the grace therein bestowed upon them.
Conformation
The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement.
In Hebrew poetry, there may be observed a certain conformation of the sentences.
A structure and conformation of the earth.
Confirmation
A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.
Conformation
A symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing
Confirmation
Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct;
Fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory
Conformation
Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);
He could barely make out their shapes through the smoke
Confirmation
Information that confirms or verifies
Conformation
Acting according to certain accepted standards
Confirmation
Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it;
The ratification of the treaty
Confirmation of the appointment
Confirmation
A ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
Confirmation
A sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
