Affirmation
[æfə'meɪʃ(ə)n] or [,æfɚ'meʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand.
(noun.) (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds).
(noun.) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something.
Editor: Quentin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.
(n.) The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.
(n.) That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.
(n.) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.
Typist: Loretta
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Assertion, declaration, asseveration, word, averment, protestation, avowal, predication, testimony, deposition.
Typed by Alphonse
Examples
- Often as not they disguise it under heroic phrases and still louder affirmation, just as most of us hide our cowardly submission to monotony under some word like duty, loyalty, conscience. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Shirley, hearing this courageous affirmation, flashed an arch, searching glance at the speaker from her deep, expressive eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Her answer to this, on her own solemn affirmation, is as plain as words can be. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She had never heard him speak with such energy of affirmation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But without much success: his contact with American life is not direct, and so he is capable of purely theoretical affirmations. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- That is saying too much: such hazardous affirmations are a proof of the excitement under which you labour. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Editor: Woodrow