Definition of "validation" []

• The act of validating something. (noun)
• Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation, proof or verification. (noun)
• The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions. (noun)

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• "But I justify it by suggesting that implementing the title validation in every derived class creates undesirable duplicate code, and refactoring it to use the strategy pattern is overkill."
• "I don't have a briefing right now exactly where we are, but it's pretty much on schedule for some time in 2010, to be in clinical or the last of what we call validation trails in vitro."
• "That all suggests a certain syncretism and perhaps even validation from the Lord Hisself who has simply stood by idly watching as Jimi chops down mountains and creates islands."