asseveration
/əˌsɛv.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
asseveration noun: an earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
Noun
asseveration (countable and uncountable, plural asseverations)
- An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
- […] no man is believ’d a jot the more for all the Aſſeverations, Damnings and Swearings he makes: […]1693 (date written), D. F. [pseudonym; Daniel Defoe], An Essay upon Projects, London: […] R. R. for Tho[mas] Cockerill, […], published 1697, →OCLC, page 240
- Custom-houſe oaths and political oaths are but little regarded even by ſome who pretend to principles of honeſty and religion: and a Quaker’s aſſeveration is with us juſtly put upon the ſame footing with the oath of any other perſon.a. 1777, David Hume, part XII, inDialogues Concerning Natural Religion, [London?], published 1779, page 146
asseveration meaning in Tamil and Urdu
asseveration in Tamil
- வஞ்சனி, வஞ்சம், வஞ்சனை
asseveration in Urdu
- حلفیہ اقرار
Examples of asseveration in a sentence
- The true oath consists in the simple asseveration, uttered in perfect consciousness and under a sense of the presence of God, before Him, and in Him.1861, J[ohann] P[eter] Lange, translated by Alfred Edersheim, Theological and Homiletical Commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew. Specially...
- After this homily which he delivered with much warmth of asseveration Mr Mulligan in a trice put off from his hat a kerchief with which he had shielded it.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey]...
Synonyms of asseveration
Forms of asseveration
| plural | asseverations |
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Origin of asseveration
From Latin assevērātiō, from assevērō.
Words formed from asseveration
Questions about asseveration
- What does asseveration mean?
- Asseveration means an earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
- What is asseveration in Tamil?
- Asseveration in Tamil is வஞ்சனி, வஞ்சம், வஞ்சனை. See Asseveration meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use asseveration in a sentence?
- The true oath consists in the simple asseveration, uttered in perfect consciousness and under a sense of the presence of God, before Him, and in Him.
- What part of speech is asseveration?
- Asseveration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce asseveration?
- Asseveration is pronounced /əˌsɛv.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of asseveration?
- The plural of asseveration is asseverations.
Words near asseveration in the dictionary
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