attestation

[ at-e-stey-shuhn ]

/ ˌæt ɛˈsteɪ ʃən /

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noun

an act of attesting.

an attesting declaration; testimony; evidence.

Origin of attestation

1540–50; (<Middle French ) <Latin attestātiōn- (stem of attestātiō). See attest, -ation

OTHER WORDS FROM attestation

at·tes·ta·tive

[uh-tes-tuh-tiv], /əˈtɛs tə tɪv/, adjectivenon·at·tes·ta·tion, noun

Words nearby attestation

attenuated virus, attenuation, attenuator, attercop, attest, attestation, attested, attested form, att. gen., at that, at that point

Example sentences from the Web for attestation

Planned Parenthood went to court instead of signing the “attestation.”
Planned Parenthood Takes Fight Against Arizona Defunding Law to Court|Terry Greene Sterling|July 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This night we entered San Gabriel, and as attestation I sign.
Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820|Sherburne Friend Cook
It was a fact, needing no attestation, that the mass of mankind had always lived in a state of slavery.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
These are circumstances which your Lordships will consider in the view you take of this wonderful body of attestation.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. X. (of 12)|Edmund Burke

Men would now be allowed to go home after attestation until called on for training, and, while waiting, would be paid 3s.
The Annual Register 1914|Anonymous
To this I reply, that although records are valuable for the attestation, they are not guarantees for the fidelity of tradition.
Tradition|John Francis Arundell