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assurance

[ uh-shoor-uhns, -shur- ]

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noun

a positive declaration intended to give confidence:
He received assurances of support for the project.
promise or pledge; guaranty; surety:
He gave his assurance that the job would be done.
Synonyms: oath, warranty
full confidence; freedom from doubt; certainty:
to act in the assurance of success.
Antonyms: uncertainty
freedom from timidity; self-confidence; belief in one's abilities:
She acted with speed and assurance.
Antonyms: uncertainty
presumptuous boldness; impudence.
Synonyms: effrontery, cheek, nerve, impertinence
Antonyms: uncertainty
Chiefly British. insurance.

assurance

/ əˈʃʊərəns /

a statement, assertion, etc, intended to inspire confidence or give encouragement
she was helped by his assurance that she would cope
a promise or pledge of support
he gave an assurance of help when needed
freedom from doubt; certainty
his assurance about his own superiority infuriated her
forwardness; impudence
insurance providing for certainties such as death as contrasted with fire or theft

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English ass(e)ura(u)nce, from Middle French ass(e)urance; equivalent to assure + -ance

To an audience destabilized by seismic changes in the culture, he brings the assurance (and the threat) that Obama et al.

And by pronouncing other cultures and political systems “evil,” there was the assurance that America was good.

It was on this assurance that the FAA certified that the 787 was safe to fly again.

Any financial institution would have a huge quality assurance team to find such bugs, but for Mark it was all up to him.

“I understand the concept of business and startups,” Ahrenberg says with easy assurance.

Belief in his own value had never been thus assailed before; that he was indispensable had been an ultimate assurance.

The presence of a large gold fund was an assurance of the ability to return to specie payments after the close of the war.

All she needed was a certain amount of his society, opportunities to work for him, the assurance of his success and happiness.

Instantly Longcluse had used his revolver; but before he could make assurance doubly sure, his quick ear detected a step outside.

On the subject of Shakespeare's height he could not speak with assurance, but Keats was only just over five feet.

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