Reassurance
[riːə'ʃʊərəns] or [,riə'ʃʊrəns]
Definition
(noun.) the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence.
Typed by Clint--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated.
(n.) Same as Reinsurance.
Editor: Nell
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Renewed assurance.[2]. (Law.) Reinsurance.
Typist: Portia
Examples
- And the twilight, as she now sought to pierce it, was gradually lighted by a faint spark of reassurance. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- My greatest reassurance was that he was coming to Barnard's Inn, not to Hammersmith, and consequently would not fall in Bentley Drummle's way. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But Lily had a flash of reassurance. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Oh, well, nothing WILL happen, he said, more for his own reassurance than for hers; and Nothing, nothing, of course! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Typist: Shirley