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affidavit

Syllables: af·fi·da·vit/ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/

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affidavit noun: a signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.

Noun

affidavit (plural affidavits)

  1. A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
    • He submitted his affidavit rather than appearing to testify in court.
    • Lee's case is urgent. He has to file an immediate affidavit that he is suffering from bubonic plague to avoid eviction from the house he has occupied ten years without paying the rent.1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 170
    Synonyms:
    sworn statement, deposition, oath, testimony

Verb

affidavit (third-person singular simple present affidavits, present participle affidaviting, simple past and past participle affidavited)

  1. To swear by such a document.

affidavit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

affidavit in Hindi

legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
हलफ़नामा halafnāmā

affidavit in Tamil

உறுதிமொழிப் பத்திரம், உறுதிமொழி ஆவணம், பிரமாணப் பத்திரம், ஆணை உறுதி ஆவணம், வாக்குமூலம், சத்தியவோலை

affidavit in Marathi

प्रतिज्ञापत्र, शपथपत्र

affidavit in Urdu

legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
حلف نامہ half nāmah
More languagesFewer languages
affidavit in Bengali
হলফনামা holophnama
affidavit in Telugu
అఫిడవిట్, అఫిడవిటింగ్
affidavit in Malayalam
സത്യവാങ്മൂലം satyavāṅmūlaṁ
affidavit in Kannada
ಒಟ್ಟಿಟ್ಟ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ
affidavit in Punjabi
ਹਲਫ਼ਨਾਮਾ, ਸਹੁੰ ਪੱਤਰ, ਸਹੁੰ-ਪੱਤਰ
affidavit in Gujarati
સોગંદનામું, સોગંદનામા, એફિડેવિટ
affidavit in Odia
ସତ୍ଯ଼ପାଠ, ସତ୍ଯ଼ପାଠ ପତ୍ର, ସତ୍ଯ଼ପାଠପତ୍ର
affidavit in Sinhala
දිවුරුම් පත diwurum pata, දිවුරුම් පෙත්සම diwurum petsama
affidavit in Nepali
शपथपत्र, शपथ पत्र
affidavit in Tagalog
sinumpaang salaysay
affidavit in Malay
afidavit
affidavit in Indonesian
dokumen sah, afidavit

Examples of affidavit in a sentence

  • It would be better than all the affidavits in the world.
  • Connor Kilpatrick, 17, posted the photo with the caption “stolo on the lolo,” according to a probable-cause affidavit made public Tuesday.
  • An affidavit may refer to and identify documents and other things which are part of the evidence-in-chief of a witness.

All 13 example sentences with affidavit

Synonyms of affidavit

Forms of affidavit

Noun
pluralaffidavits
Verb
third-person singular presentaffidavits
present participleaffidaviting
past participleaffidavited
pastaffidavited

Plural of affidavit: affidavits

Origin of affidavit

From Medieval Latin affidavit (“he has sworn”), the third person singular perfect tense of affido (“swear”), from fīdō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Cognate to fidelity and faith (same Latin root), but not to affirm (shared Latin ad- prefix, but different Latin and Proto-Indo-European roots).

Words formed from affidavit

Phrases with affidavit

Words that rhyme with affidavit

Questions about affidavit

What does affidavit mean?
Affidavit means a signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
What is affidavit in Hindi?
Affidavit in Hindi is हलफ़नामा (halafnāmā). See Affidavit meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is affidavit?
Affidavit can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce affidavit?
Affidavit is pronounced /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/.
What is the plural of affidavit?
The plural of affidavit is affidavits.

Words near affidavit in the dictionary

  1. afficionadi
  2. afficionado
  3. afficionados
  4. Afficky
  5. affidavies
  6. affidavit
  7. affidavit man
  8. affidavit men
  9. affidavited
  10. affidaviting
  11. affidavits

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: affidavit (page history and authors); affidavit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affidavit (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); হলফনামা (Bengali) (page history and authors); affidavit (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); affidavit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affidavit (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); affidavit (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); affidavit (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); affidavit (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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