af·firm·ance

[uh-fur-muhns]
noun

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English affermance < Middle French; see affirm, -ance

non·af·firm·ance, noun
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Affirmance is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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The claimant responds to the appeal, urging affirmance.
Failure to so comply would result in the affirmance of the appeal by operation of law.
In his response to the self-insured's appeal, the claimant urges affirmance.
If an appeal is taken, the divorce is not absolute until after affirmance of the decree.
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