attestation

Plural: attestations

Noun

• the action of bearing witness
• the evidence by which something is attested
• A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.
• A confirmation or authentication.
• The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business records of an enterprise, public agency, or other organization.
• An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.

Related Words

attestative, attested, attestive