different between affirmation vs protestation

English

Etymology

From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). Doublet of affirmatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æf??me??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

affirmation (countable and uncountable, plural affirmations)

1. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
2. (law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.
3. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

Synonyms

• assertion

Derived terms

• self-affirmation

Translations

See also

• affirmation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Noun

affirmation c (singular definite affirmationen, plural indefinite affirmationer)

1. affirmation

Declension

Further reading

• “affirmation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fi?.ma.sj??/

Noun

affirmation f (plural affirmations)

1. affirmation

Further reading

• “affirmation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Old French protestacion, from Latin pr?test?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??t?s?te???n/, /?p???t?s?te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

protestation (countable and uncountable, plural protestations)

1. a formal solemn objection or other declaration
   • October 28, 1552, Hugh Latimer, Sermon on the Gospel for St Simon and St Jude's Day

     The protestation of our faith.

2. (law, historical) A declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial.

Related terms

• protest

Anagrams

• potentiators

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?test?ti?, pr?test?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.t?s.ta.sj??/

Noun

protestation f (plural protestations)

1. admission, exclamation, statement
2. protest, objection

References

• “protestation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).