| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entering or allowing entry |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, access, admittance, certification, confirmation, designation, door, entrance, entree, ingress, initiation, introduction, permission, reception, recognition, way, welcome |
| Notes: | admission implies a physical entrance, whereas admittance implies some sort of procedural or merely formal entry; admission correlates with permission to move into a room or building but admittance correlates with acceptance into a group or organization admission falls short of an acknowledgment of all elements of a crime - which would be a confession |
| Antonyms: | denial, exclusion, expulsion, refusal |
| Main Entry: | appointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | allotment, approval, assigning, authorization, certification, choice, choosing, commissioning, delegation, deputation, designation, election, empowering, installation, naming, nomination, ordination, promotion, selection |
| Main Entry: | certificate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorizing document |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, affirmation, attestation, authentication, authorization, certification, coupon, credential, deed, diploma, docket, documentation, endorsement, guarantee, license, paper, pass, permit, receipt, record, sheepskin, shingle, testament, testification, testimonial, testimony, ticket, voucher, warrant, warranty |
| Main Entry: | discovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finding, uncovering |
| Synonyms: | analysis, ascertainment, authentication, calculation, certification, detection, determination, diagnosis, discernment, disclosure, distinguishing, empiricism, encounter, espial, experimentation, exploration, exposition, exposure, feeling, hearing, identification, introduction, invention, learning, locating, location, origination, perception, revelation, sensing, sighting, strike, unearthing, verification |
| Antonyms: | loss, miss |
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | agreement, assurance, attestation, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certificate, certification, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, gage, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, recognizance, security, sure thing, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
| Notes: | guarantee is from Old French garant 'a warrant,' while warranty is from Old North French warantie, derived from warant 'a warrant.' Both garant and warant came from Frankish (the West Germanic language spoken in the 400s and 500s in the region of ancient Gaul that became France), represented by Old High German weren 'to confirm, warrant.' Guarantee is a general term for a representation regarding a good's quality and performance - and warranty is the legal term for the document; the person to whom it is issued is the warrantee with the issuer being the warrantor |
| Main Entry: | hallmark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | symbol, authentication |
| Synonyms: | badge, certification, device, emblem, endorsement, indication, mark, ratification, seal, sign, signet, stamp, sure sign, telltale sign, trademark |
| Main Entry: | paper/papers |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal document |
| Synonyms: | ID, affidavit, archive, bill, certificate, certification, citation, contract, credentials, data, deed, diaries, diploma, documentation, dossier, file, grant, identification papers, indictment, instrument, letter, letters, order, passport, plea, record, subpoena, summons, testimony, token, visa, voucher, warrant, will, writ, writings |
| Main Entry: | proof |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence, authentication |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, argument, attestation, averment, case, certification, chapter and verse, clincher, clue, confirmation, corroboration, credentials, criterion, cue*, data, demonstration, deposition, documents, establishment, exhibit, facts, goods*, grabber, grounds, information, lowdown, nitty-gritty, paper trail, picture, reason, reasons, record, scoop*, score*, skinny*, smoking gun, straight stuff, substantiation, testament, testimony, trace, validation, verification, warrant, wherefore, why*, whyfor, witness |
| Notes: | evidence (from Latin e- 'out' + videre 'to see') is information that helps form a conclusion; proof is factual information that verifies a conclusion |
| Antonyms: | hypothesis, theory |
| Main Entry: | reference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | testimonial of good character |
| Synonyms: | certificate, certification, character, credentials, endorsement, good word, recommendation, tribute |