assurances

Noun

assurance (countable and uncountable, plural assurances)

1. The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
   • Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 17:31
2. The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee.
   • Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 10:22
3. Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence.
   • the affairs of the Tarkish camp together with assurance1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC
4. Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity
   • His assurance is intolerable.
5. (obsolete) Betrothal; affiance.
6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.

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