accrediting
Granting official recognition
Accrediting is the process of officially recognizing that an institution or program meets established standards.
Accrediting bodies evaluate schools, hospitals, and professional programs: The agency is responsible for accrediting nursing schools.
The term also applies to credentialing individuals as representatives: accrediting ambassadors to foreign governments.
Verifying professional qualifications
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- auditFormal accounts examination
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
assessment · accreditee · benchmarking · verification · licensing · qualification · authorization · registration
Favorable opinion given
- backingAid or sponsorship
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
affirmation · sponsorship · vouching · authentication · attestation · confirmation · acknowledgment · recommendation
Proving something accurate
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- substantiationProof of truth
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
certification · attestation · documentation · evidence · proof · vetting · checking · auditing
Power to act
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
board · commission · body · council · organization · university · hospital · program
Confirmation of receipt
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
standing · status · prestige · credibility · legitimacy · acceptance · respect · trust
credentialing
Verifying professional qualifications
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- auditFormal accounts examination
evaluation · assessment · accreditee · benchmarking · verification · licensing · qualification · authorization · registration · vetting
approval
Favorable opinion given
ratification · affirmation · sponsorship · vouching · authentication · attestation · confirmation · acknowledgment · recommendation · seal
verification
Proving something accurate
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- substantiationProof of truth
corroboration · certification · attestation · documentation · evidence · proof · vetting · checking · auditing · examining
agency
Power to act
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
oversight · board · commission · body · council · organization · university · hospital · program · school
acknowledgment
Confirmation of receipt
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
esteem · standing · status · prestige · credibility · legitimacy · acceptance · respect · trust · confidence
- business activitiesmeetings, meeting, hiring, firing, training
- assigningassigning, allocating, appointing, attributing, crediting
- formalizingformalizing, institutionalizing, officializing, establishing, codifying
- business proceduresrecording, processing, documenting, approving, verifying
accreditingrevoking
Officially canceling authorization
decertifying · rejecting · denying · disapproving · deauthorizing
accreditingdiscrediting
Damaging another's reputation
disavowing · misattributing · disclaiming · plagiarizing · anonymizing
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