- the act of giving official authority or approval, or the resulting status; certification: Today they officially opened the process of accreditation for media wanting to cover World Youth Day.
- the act of certifying an educational institution or program as meeting all official formal requirements of academic excellence, facilities, curriculum, etc.; the status of being so certified: Universities applying for membership in the association must have undergone, at the national or regional level, a process of quality assurance or accreditation.
- the act of attributing or ascribing some quality, status, or action to a person or thing: His other poems added to his accreditation as a first-class poet.
