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reaffirmance

reaffirmance noun: a second or subsequent affirmance; a reaffirmation.

Noun

reaffirmance (countable and uncountable, plural reaffirmances)

  1. A second or subsequent affirmance; a reaffirmation.
    • [B]oth the one and the other were nothing more than a re-affirmance of the still more antient standing law of the kingdom.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 32

Forms of reaffirmance

pluralreaffirmances

Origin of reaffirmance

From re- + affirmance, after reaffirm.

Questions about reaffirmance

What does reaffirmance mean?
Reaffirmance means a second or subsequent affirmance; a reaffirmation.
What part of speech is reaffirmance?
Reaffirmance is a noun.
What is the plural of reaffirmance?
The plural of reaffirmance is reaffirmances.

Words near reaffirmance in the dictionary

  1. reaffiliates
  2. reaffiliating
  3. reaffiliation
  4. reaffiliations
  5. reaffirm
  6. reaffirmance
  7. reaffirmances
  8. reaffirmation
  9. reaffirmations
  10. reaffirmed
  11. reaffirmer

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