Confirmation
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An official indicator that things will happen as planned Verification that something has happened A sacrament of sealing and strengthening in many Christian religions, often including a ceremony of anointing
Example sentence: I realize the voters elected President Obama in 2012, but they also, in 2014, elected enough Republican senators to gain a majority in the Senate, so we control the confirmation process. And these are two supposedly coequal branches of government involved in this filling of a Supreme Court vacancy.
Substantiation
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of substantiatingSomething which substantiates; evidence, proof