corroboration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
    documentation; certification.

WordNet

Cor*rob`o*ra"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. corroboration.
Definitions
  1. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information.
  2. That which corroborates.

Webster 1913