assurance

[ uh-shoor-uhns, -shur- ]
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noun
  1. a positive declaration intended to give confidence: He received assurances of support for the project.

  2. promise or pledge; guaranty; surety: He gave his assurance that the job would be done.

  1. full confidence; freedom from doubt; certainty: to act in the assurance of success.

  2. freedom from timidity; self-confidence; belief in one's abilities: She acted with speed and assurance.

  3. presumptuous boldness; impudence.

  4. Chiefly British. insurance.

Origin of assurance

1
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English ass(e)ura(u)nce, from Middle French ass(e)urance; equivalent to assure + -ance

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3. See trust. 4. See confidence.

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Other words from assurance

  • pre·as·sur·ance, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for assurance

assurance

/ (əˈʃʊərəns) /


noun
  1. a statement, assertion, etc, intended to inspire confidence or give encouragement: she was helped by his assurance that she would cope

  2. a promise or pledge of support: he gave an assurance of help when needed

  1. freedom from doubt; certainty: his assurance about his own superiority infuriated her

  2. forwardness; impudence

  3. mainly British insurance providing for certainties such as death as contrasted with fire or theft

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