Strengthening, support, reinforcement, confirmation. Now rare.

Confirmation, corroboration; an instance of this. Frequently in in affirmance (of something).

Ratification, confirmation, or strengthening of a charter, decision, or treaty. Obsolete.

The action of making firm or sure; strengthening, settling, establishing (of institutions, opinions, etc.).

Strengthening. of qualities, attributes, faculties, etc. Obsolete.

Strengthening, corroboration, ratification.

The action of strengthen, v. (in various senses); the fact of being strengthened. Also: an instance of this.

The action or process of making a person or thing hard or harder, in various non-physical senses; the fact or condition of being so hardened. Also…

A means of establishing; something that strengthens, supports, or corroborates. Obsolete.

The action or an act of re-enforcing (in various senses of the verb); (also) the state of being re-enforced.

The action of comfort, v., in various senses: Consolation; †strengthening, †encouragement, etc.

Augmentation of strength or force; the action of strengthening a person or thing in any way.

figurative. A making firm or strong; confirmation.

The action of establish, v. in its various senses.

figurative. The action of embedding or establishing something firmly, esp. so that change is difficult or impossible; the fact of being so embedded…

The action of embedding or establishing something, esp. a clause, provision, or other piece of constitutional legislation, firmly so that change is…