evidence

Noun

• (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

• an indication that makes something evident
  • his trembling was evidence of his fear
    

• your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
  • the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
    

Verb

• give evidence
  • he was telling on all his former colleague
    

• provide evidence for
  • The blood test showed that he was the father
    
  • Her behavior testified to her incompetence
    

• provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
  • His high fever attested to his illness
    
  • The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
    
  • This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  grounds , tell , testify , bear witness , prove , show , attest , certify , manifest , demonstrate