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affirmance

affirmance noun: the act of affirming, affirmation.

Noun

affirmance (countable and uncountable, plural affirmances)

  1. (uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation
  2. (countable) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency
    • Of these 248 appeals the Appellate Division reviewed 4, rendering 3 affirmances and 1 reversal, 75% affirmances, 25% reversals.1934, Report of the Commission on the Administration of Justice in New York State, page 388
    • The District [of Columbia] authored an amicus brief on behalf of 18 states urging affirmance.2021, Harrison Stark and Loren Alikhan, A false choice between state sovereignty and multi-racial democracy, in: SCOTUSblog (Feb 24 2021)

Forms of affirmance

pluralaffirmances
alternative formaffirmaunce

Origin of affirmance

Either affirm + -ance or from Old French afermance

Words formed from affirmance

Questions about affirmance

What does affirmance mean?
Affirmance means the act of affirming, affirmation.
What part of speech is affirmance?
Affirmance is a noun.
What is the plural of affirmance?
The plural of affirmance is affirmances.

Words near affirmance in the dictionary

  1. affinoside
  2. affirm
  3. affirmability
  4. affirmable
  5. affirmably
  6. affirmance
  7. affirmances
  8. affirmant
  9. affirmants
  10. affirmata
  11. affirmatio

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