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affirmation

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun affirmation has 4 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

affirmationn. [L. affirmatio: cf. F. affirmation.].
  •  Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.  Hooker.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.  [1913 Webster]
  •  That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.  Bouvier.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

affirmation, n.
1 the act or process of affirming or being affirmed.
2 Law a solemn declaration by a person who conscientiously declines to take an oath.

Etymology
F affirmation or L affirmatio (as AFFIRM)

THESAURUS

affirmation

John Hancock, OK, Parthian shot, a priori principle, acceptance, accord, acquiescence, address, admission, affidavit, affirmance, affirmative, affirmative voice, agreement, allegation, answer, apostrophe, approbation, approval, apriorism, assent, assertion, asseveration, assumed position, assumption, attest, attestation, authentication, authorization, averment, avouchment, avowal, axiom, aye, backing, backing up, basis, bearing out, blessing, bolstering, buttressing, categorical proposition, certification, circumstantiation, comment, compliance, compurgation, confirmation, connivance, consent, corroboration, corroboratory evidence, countersignature, crack, data, declaration, deposition, dictum, disclosure, documentation, eagerness, endorsement, exclamation, expression, first principles, fortification, foundation, go-ahead, green light, greeting, ground, hypothesis, hypothesis ad hoc, imprimatur, instrument in proof, interjection, legal evidence, lemma, major premise, mention, minor premise, nod, notarization, notarized statement, note, observation, okay, permission, philosopheme, philosophical proposition, phrase, position, postulate, postulation, postulatum, premise, presupposition, profession, promptitude, promptness, pronouncement, proof, proposition, propositional function, proving, proving out, question, ratification, readiness, reflection, reinforcement, remark, rubber stamp, sanction, say, saying, seal, sentence, sigil, signature, signet, stamp, stamp of approval, statement, statement under oath, strengthening, subjoinder, submission, subscription, substantiation, sumption, support, supporting evidence, supposal, swearing, sworn evidence, sworn statement, sworn testimony, testimonial, testimonium, testimony, the nod, theorem, thesis, thought, truth table, truth-function, truth-value, undergirding, ungrudgingness, unloathness, unreluctance, utterance, validation, verification, visa, vise, vouching, warrant, willingness, witness, word

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Assent

N assent, assentment, acquiescence, admission, nod, accord, concord, concordance, agreement, affirmance, affirmation, recognition, acknowledgment, avowal, confession of faith, unanimity, common consent, consensus, acclamation, chorus, vox populi, popular belief, current belief, current opinion, public opinion, concurrence, cooperation, ratification, confirmation, corroboration, approval, acceptance, visa, indorsement, consent, pressure to conform, herd instinct, peer pressure, assenting, of one accord, of one mind, of the same mind, at one with, agreed, acquiescent, content, willing, uncontradicted, unchallenged, unquestioned, uncontroverted, carried, agreed, nem, con, nemine contradicente unanimous, agreed on all hands, carried by acclamation, affirmative, yes, yea, ay, aye, true, good, well, very well, very true, well and good, granted, even so, just so, to be sure, 'thou hast said', you said it, you said a mouthful, truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes, ex concesso, of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless, naturally, natch, be it so, so be it, so let it be, amen, willingly, affirmatively, in the affirmative, OK, all right, might as well, why not? with one consent, with one voice, with one accord, unanimously, una voce, by common consent, in chorus, to a man, nem, con, nemine contradicente, nemine dissentiente, without a dissentient voice, as one man, one and all, on all hands, avec plaisir, chi tace accousente, the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writ, you bet your sweet ass it is, what are we waiting for? whenever you're ready, anytime you're ready.

Affirmation

N affirmance, affirmation, statement, allegation, assertion, predication, declaration, word, averment, confirmation, asseveration, adjuration, swearing, oath, affidavit, deposition, avouchment, assurance, protest, protestation, profession, acknowledgment, legal pledge, pronouncement, solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration, remark, observation, position, saying, dictum, sentence, ipse dixit, emphasis, weight, dogmatism, dogmatics, asserting, declaratory, predicatory, pronunciative, affirmative, soi-disant, positive, certain, express, explicit, absolute, emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided, confident, trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn, categorical, peremptory, unretracted, predicable, affirmatively, in the affirmative, with emphasis, ex-cathedra, without fear of contradiction, as God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know, upon my word, upon my honor, by my troth, egad, I assure you, by jingo, by Jove, by George, troth, seriously, sadly, in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest, of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath, be assured, yes, I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath, in fact, forsooth, joking apart, so help me God, not to mince the matter, quoth he, dixi.

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