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Assurance
//əˈʃɔːɹəns// noun
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Noun
- 1 The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone. countable, uncountable
"Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead."
- 2 freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities wordnet
- 3 The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee. countable, uncountable
"Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience."
- 4 a statement intended to inspire confidence wordnet
- 5 Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence. countable, uncountable
"the affairs of the Tarkish camp together with assurance"
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- 6 a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something wordnet
- 7 Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity countable, uncountable
"His assurance is intolerable."
- 8 a British term for some kinds of insurance wordnet
- 9 Betrothal; affiance. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 10 Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. countable, uncountable
- 11 Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. countable, uncountable
"the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom."
- 12 Subjective certainty of one's salvation. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure + -ance.
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