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Assurance

noun

Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities. Synonyms: authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness. "After that failure he lost his confidence" , "She spoke with authority"

A binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something. Synonym: pledge. "Signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"

A statement intended to inspire confidence.

A British term for some kinds of insurance.

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... without ground that any man had done so hideous a deed as to destroy a will? The lawyer's hair stood almost on end as he spoke of the atrocity; but yet he believed it. Would a respectable newspaper such as the Carmarthen Herald commit itself to such a course without the strongest assurance? What was it to the Carmarthen Herald? Did not the very continuance of the articles make it clear that the readers of the paper were in accordance with the writer? Would the public of Carmarthen sympathise in such an attack without the strongest ground? He, the attorney, ...

— Cousin Henry • Anthony Trollope

... don't see how in the world I can do it!" the other protested in dismay, and went on for several minutes arguing and explaining what he had to do. But Oliver contented himself with the assurance that where there's a will, there's a way. One could not refuse an invitation to spend ...

— The Metropolis • Upton Sinclair

... that day a superb and haughty Jansoulet whom they had not known before. Old Hemerlingue's carriage, recognizable by the unusual width of its doors, of which he caught a glimpse through the iron railing, was all that was needed to put him in full possession of his natural assurance and audacity. ...

— The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) • Alphonse Daudet

... ladies' parts were taken by young boys, and I remember well in my younger days dressing up as a girl. I used to take the role of the leading lady, and I remember two of our most successful efforts were "London Assurance" and scenes from "Twelfth Night," in the former of which I took the part of Lady Gay Spanker and Viola ...

— Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century • Montague Massey

... demolition and rag-pickers, only a stone's-throw from the brand-new shop streets, the Lungo Tevere, the magnificence of palaces like the Mattei, Caetani, &c. If Rome undoubtedly gives the soul peace by its assurance that the present is as nothing in the centuries, it also depresses one, in other moods, with the feeling that all history is but a vast rubbish-heap and sink; that nothing matters, nothing comes out of all the ...

— The Spirit of Rome • Vernon Lee

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