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The Meaning of credential
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(a.) Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.
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(n.) That which gives a title to credit or confidence.
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(n.) Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate.
Synonyms
authentication
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certificate
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documentation
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credentials
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certification
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corroboration
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security
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enfranchisement
Rhymes
confidential
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consequential
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deferential
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differential
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essential
,
existential
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experiential
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exponential
,
henschel
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hentschel
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inconsequential
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inferential
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influential
,
jurisprudential
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nonessential
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nonresidential
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potential
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preferential
,
presidential
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providential
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prudential
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quintessential
,
residential
,
reverential
,
sequential
,
tangential
,
torrential
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vice-presidential