asseveration
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin assevērātiō, from assevērō.
Pronunciation
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Noun
asseveration (countable and uncountable, plural asseverations)
- An earnest affirmation or declaration of support.
- Daniel Defoe
- No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations, damnings, and swearings he makes.
- 1865, Johann Peter Lange, The Gospel according to Matthew[1], page 117:
- The true oath consists in the simple asseveration, uttered in perfect consciousness on solemn occasions […]
- Daniel Defoe
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earnest affirmation
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