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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts [syn: certificate, certification, credential, credentials]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 15th century warranting credit or confidence — used chiefly in the phrase credential letters II. noun Date: 1655 1. something that gives a title to credit or confidence; also qualification 3a 2. plural testimonials or certified documents showing that a person is entitled to credit or has a right to exercise official power 3. certificate, diploma III. transitive verb (-tialed; also -tialled; -tialing; also -tialling) Date: 1888 to furnish with credentials <to credential adequate academic performance — K. Patricia Cross>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (usu. in pl.) 1 evidence of a person's achievements or trustworthiness, usu. in the form of certificates, references, etc. 2 a letter or letters of introduction. Etymology: med.L credentialis (as CREDENCE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Credential Cre*den"tial (kr[-e]*d[e^]n"shal), a. [Cf. It. credenziale, fr. LL. credentia. See Credence.] Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting. Their credential letters on both sides. --Camden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Credential Cre*den"tial, n. [Cf. It. credenziale.] 1. That which gives a title to credit or confidence. 2. pl. 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. The committee of estates excepted against the credentials of the English commissioners. --Whitelocke. Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Person who sent them on such a message. --Addison.

Moby Thesaurus

advocacy, advocating, advocation, affidavit, attestation, authority, authorization, bill of health, certificate, certificate of character, certificate of proficiency, certification, character, character reference, deposition, diploma, letter of introduction, navicert, notarized statement, note, patronage, recommend, recommendation, reference, sheepskin, sworn statement, testamur, testimonial, ticket, visa, vise, voucher, warrant, warranty, witness