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ratification

  • noun
  • rat·i·fi·ca·tion
  • /ˌɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

The act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified.

Other meanings

  1. A formal declaration of agreement to a treaty etc.

Related words

  • nonratification
  • postratification
  • preratification
  • ratificational
  • ratificationism
  • ratificationist
  • reratification

Word history

From Medieval Latin "ratificatio".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “ratification” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.