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RATIFICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ratification mean?
• RATIFICATION (noun)
The noun RATIFICATION has 1 sense:
1. making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
Familiarity information: RATIFICATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
confirmation; ratification
Context example:
confirmation of the appointment
Hypernyms ("ratification" is a kind of...):
agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)
Derivation:
ratify (approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation)
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