Definitions for ratification

ratification rat·i·fi·ca·tion

Spelling: [rat-uh-fi-key-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌræt ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/

Ratification is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 563 anagrams from letters in ratification (aacfiiinortt).

Definitions for ratification

noun

  1. the act of ratifying; confirmation; sanction.
  2. the state of being ratified.

Origin of ratification

1400-50; late Middle English Medieval Latin ratificātiōn- (stem of ratificātiō), equivalent to ratificāt(us) (past participle of ratificāre to ratify) + -iōn-

Examples for ratification

Captain Lote was the first to speak after ratification of the contract.

He urged also the ratification by Ohio of the Fifteenth Amendment.

The ratification of the Article of Union was on the sixteenth of January.

They agreed to the terms and, pending their ratification, raised the siege of Chartres.

This year, Kerry and U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power have been pushing hard again for ratification.

Assuming these rule changes are approved by the Rules Committee, they will go before the full RNC for ratification on Friday.

The ratification process on the proposed government became in large part a referendum on Washington.

The book then races through the Constitutional Convention and the ratification.

He waited there long, but, of course, brought back no ratification.

That was 30 years before the Declaration of Independence, 45 years before the ratification of the Second Amendment.

Word Value for ratification
Scrable

17

Words with friends

19

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