n. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information.
n. That which corroborates.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation.
n. That which corroborates.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of strengthening; addition of strength.
n. The act of confirming; verification; confirmation: as, the corroboration of the testimony of a witness by other evidence.
n. That which corroborates.
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n. confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
Word Usage
"But every time he pushed for more evidence or corroboration from a witness, the story collapsed -- the actual person who was spat on turned out to be a friend of a friend."