noun

corroboration

kuh-rah-buh-RAY-shun/kəˌrɑːbəˈreɪʃn/

Evidence or support that confirms a claim or account.

The matching details in two independent sketches provide corroboration.

Two independent sketchbooks show matching observations of the same two-arched bridge and cottage.

Etymology

corLatintogether; perhaps thoroughly

+roborLatinstrength; hard timber

+ationLatinact or process

Built on robur, “strength,” with com- perhaps meaning “thoroughly,” corroboration originally named an act of strengthening or support. It came to mean confirmation: evidence gives strength to a claim rather than to a body or object.

In context

Professor Sankoff5:51

we should have evidence to support the way in which claims are made and that is more or less what corroboration is

Corroboration Overview

More examples

The receipt provided corroboration of the purchase.
Investigators found no corroboration for the rumor.
Her diary offered useful corroboration of the dates.

Forms

corroboration

corroborate verb — support with independent evidence

Similar words

confirmation: Confirmation establishes or verifies something; corroboration adds independent supporting evidence.
evidence: Evidence is information bearing on a claim; corroboration specifically supports evidence or testimony already offered.