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attestation (n.)

mid-15c., attestacion, "testimony, a document embodying testimony," from Latin attestationem (nominative attestatio) "an attesting, testimony," noun of action from past-participle stem of attestari "to prove, confirm" (see attest). From 1670s as "a declaration in support of a fact."

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Definitions of attestation from WordNet

attestation (n.)
the action of bearing witness;
attestation (n.)
the evidence by which something is attested;
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