Asseveration

Quick meaning: Asseveration is a noun meaning An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.

Meaning

An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.

Example Sentences

[…] no man is believ’d a jot the more for all the Aſſeverations, Damnings and Swearings he makes: […]

The true oath consists in the simple asseveration, uttered in perfect consciousness and under a sense of the presence of God, before Him, and in Him.

After this homily which he delivered with much warmth of asseveration Mr Mulligan in a trice put off from his hat a kerchief with which he had shielded it.

Custom-houſe oaths and political oaths are but little regarded even by ſome who pretend to principles of honeſty and religion: and a Quaker’s aſſeveration is with us juſtly put upon the ſame footing with the oath of any other perſon.

Word Forms

• asseverations

Synonyms for asseveration

Depending on context, synonyms include averment, avowal, assertion.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include assertion, averment, affirmation, affirmance, avowal, affirming.

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