substantiation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: substantiation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for substantiation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
substantiation n additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" Synonym(s): confirmation, verification, check, substantiation the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something Synonym(s): validation, proof, substantiation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Substantiation \Substan`tia"tion\, n. The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.