assurance

[As*surĀ·ance]

An assurance is a vote of confidence. If you give your friend an assurance that you'll be there, you'd better show up.

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The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

Noun
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"

Noun
a statement intended to inspire confidence; "the President''s assurances were not respected"

Noun
a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"

Noun
a British term for some kinds of insurance


n.
The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

n.
The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.

n.
Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.

n.
Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.

n.
Betrothal; affiance.

n.
Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.

n.
Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.


Assurance

As*sur"ance , n. [OE. assuraunce, F. assurance, fr. assurer. See Assure.] 1. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Assurances of support came pouring in daily.
2. The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
3. Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
Brave men meet danger with assurance.
Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance.
4. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable. 5. Betrothal; affiance. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. 6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. &hand; Recently, assurance has been used, in England, 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. See Insurance. 7. (Law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. &hand; In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom. Blackstone.

The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

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Usage Examples

Traditionally, Medicare's assurance has been that for the elderly and persons with disabilities that they will not be alone when confronted with the full burden of their health care costs.

Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.

Religiously the Empire was pluralistic and marked by a search for a faith which would be satisfying intellectually and ethically and would give assurance of immortality.

Now, let me be clear. The path I lay out is not one paved with ever increasing government checks and cradle to grave assurance that government will always be the solution. If this election is a bidding war for who can promise the most goodies and the most benefits, I'm not your president. You have that president today.

For myself, if I am to stake all I have and hope to be upon anything, I will venture it upon the abounding fullness of God - upon the assurance that, as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than our ways, and His thoughts than our thoughts.

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Other Usage Examples

The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

Laboratories can reduce risk by implementing a proven and internationally accepted quality assurance technology that is applicable across the globe.

Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word.

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.

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