Affirm

Quick meaning: Affirm is a verb meaning To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.

Meaning

To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.

More Meanings

1. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
2. To support or encourage.
3. (aviation) Yes; true; correct.
4. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
5. (law) To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm.

Example Sentences

gender-affirming; trans-affirming

Jesus, […] whom Paul affirmed to be alive

She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.

They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.

Word Forms

• affirms
• affirming
• affirmed

Synonyms for affirm

Depending on context, synonyms include validate, protest, assert, sustain, support, corroborate.

Antonyms for affirm

Common opposites include disaffirm, deny, repudiate, invalidate, negate, contradict.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include aver, assert, avow, corroborate, substantiate, confirm.

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