| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written communication |
| Synonyms: | archive, certificate, credentials, deed, diary, evidence, form, instrument, language, pages, paper, record, report, script, testimony, token |
| Antonyms: | speech |
| Main Entry: | charter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treaty, agreement |
| Synonyms: | allotment, bond, code, concession, constitution, contract, conveyance, deed, document, endowment, franchise, grant, indenture, license, pact, patent, permit, prerogative, privilege, right, settlement |
| Main Entry: | corroborate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back up information, story |
| Synonyms: | approve, authenticate, bear out, certify, check on, check out, check up, confirm, declare true, document, double check, endorse, establish, give nod, justify, okay, prove, ratify, rubber-stamp, strengthen, substantiate, support, sustain, validate, verify |
| Notes: | corroborate is used in a narrower context, usually by way of providing support for testimony in a legal proceeding; confirm is to lend support to a much wider array of things |
| Antonyms: | contradict, deny, disallow, disclaim, refute, reject |
| Main Entry: | credentials |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | references, attestation |
| Synonyms: | accreditation, authorization, card, certificate, character, deed, diploma, docket, document, documentation, endorsement, letter of credence, letter of introduction, license, missive, papers, passport, proof, recommendation, sanction, testament, testimonial, title, token, voucher, warrant |
| Main Entry: | declaration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | official proclamation |
| Synonyms: | acclamation, affidavit, allegation, announcement, article, attestation, bulletin, canon, charge, confirmation, constitution, credo, creed, denunciation, deposition, document, edict, gospel, indictment, manifesto, notice, notification, plea, proclamation, profession, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, resolution, testament, testimony, ultimatum |
| Antonyms: | denial, retraction |
| Main Entry: | deed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal paper assigning property; contract |
| Synonyms: | agreement, bargain, certificate, charter, compact, conveyance, covenant, document, indenture, instrument, lease, papers, proof, record, release, security, title, transaction, voucher, warranty |
| Main Entry: | dispatch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | communication |
| Synonyms: | account, bulletin, communiqué, document, instruction, item, letter, message, missive, news, piece, report, story |
| Main Entry: | enclosure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something included with a letter |
| Synonyms: | check, circular, copy, document, form, information, money, printed matter, questionnaire |
| Main Entry: | file |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in place, order |
| Synonyms: | alphabetize, arrange, catalog, catalogue, categorize, classify, deposit, docket, document, enter, index, list, pigeonhole, record, register, slot, tabulate |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, disorder |