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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it;
- Example: "the ratification of the treaty"
- Example: "confirmation of the appointment"
[syn: ratification, confirmation]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ratification \Rat`i*fi*ca"tion\
   (r[a^]t`[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. ratification.]
   The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified;
   confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ratification
    n 1: making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming
         it; "the ratification of the treaty"; "confirmation of the
         appointment" [syn: ratification, confirmation]