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assurance
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[ noun ] freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
Examples "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular" "after that failure he lost his confidence" "she spoke with authority" Used in print (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)The comfort was short-lived , yet she found herself returning to the assurance whenever her imagination forced images on her too awful to contemplate without the prop of illusion . The night before , they had telephoned the Andrus_maid , Selena_Masters , and she had arrived early , bursting her vigorous presence into the silent house with an assurance that amused McFeeley and confounded Moll . |
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[ noun ] a statement intended to inspire confidence
Examples "the President's assurances were not respected" Used in print (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)He could think_of nothing else to tell them : no assurances , no hopeful hints at great discoveries that day . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
Synonyms Examples : "an assurance of help when needed" "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret" Used in print (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Frequently we are given assurance that automatically all ideas will be sifted and resifted and in_the_end only the good ones will survive . |
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