proof

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. evidence, substantiation, verification, confirmation; conclusiveness; corroboration, ratification; trial, test; sample, impression. See demonstration, experiment. —adj. impenetrable, impervious; invulnerable. See strength.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Evidence]

Syn. demonstration, verification, evidence, testimony, case, exhibit, reasons, documentation, credentials, data, warrant, confirmation, substantiation, attestation, corroboration, affidavit, facts, witness, deposition, trace, record, criterion, grounds; see also confirmation 1 .

2. [Process of proving]

Syn. test, attempt, assay; see trial 2 .

3. [A printed proof sheet]

Syn. trial proof, pull, slip, revise, trial impression, galley proof, page proof, stereo proof, foundry proof.

Syn.- proof , as compared here, applies to facts, documents, etc. that are so certain or convincing as to demonstrate the validity of a conclusion beyond reasonable doubt; evidence applies to something presented before a court, as a witness's statement, an object, etc., that bears on or establishes a point in question; testimony applies to verbal evidence given by a witness under oath; exhibit applies to a document or object produced as evidence in a court

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

evidence, verification, confirmation, authentication, corroboration, validation, certification, substantiation, testimony, facts.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. That which confirms: attestation, authentication, confirmation, corroboration, demonstration, evidence, substantiation, testament, testimonial, testimony, validation, verification, warrant. See TRUE. 2. A fact or circumstance that gives logical support to an assertion, claim, or proposal: argument, ground (often used in plural), reason, wherefore, why. Idiom: why and wherefore. See REASON. 3. A procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality: assay, essay, test, trial, tryout. See INVESTIGATE. II adjective Having the capacity to withstand: immune, impervious, insusceptible, resistant, resistive, unsusceptible. See RESIST.