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assurance
English
Alternative forms
- assuraunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure +? -ance.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??????ns/, /?????ns/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???????ns/, /???????ns/
- Rhymes: -????ns
- Hyphenation: as?sur?ance
Noun
assurance (countable and uncountable, plural assurances)
- The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
- Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
- The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
- Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
- Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
- the affairs of the Tarkish camp together with assurance
- Conversation, when they come into the world, soon gives them a becoming assurance
- This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. […] His air, of self-confident assurance, seemed that of a man well used to having his own way.
- Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity
- his assurance is intolerable
- (obsolete) Betrothal; affiance.
- (insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
- (law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
- c. 1766, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
- the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom.
- c. 1766, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
- (theology) Subjective certainty of one's salvation.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- assurance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- anacruses
French
Etymology
From assurer +? -ance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.sy.???s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
assurance f (plural assurances)
- insurance
- assurance
Related terms
- assurer
- assureur
Further reading
- “assurance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
assurance From the web:
- what assurance did this argument
- what assurance mean
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conviction
English
Etymology
From late Middle English conviction, from Anglo-Norman conviction, from Latin convicti?, from convictus, the past participle of convinc? (“to convict”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?v?k??n/
Noun
conviction (countable and uncountable, plural convictions)
- (countable) A firmly held belief.
- (countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
- (uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
- (uncountable) The state of being wholly convinced.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[3]
- The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[3]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obstinacy
Derived terms
- courage of one's convictions
Related terms
- convict
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin convictio, convictionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.vik.sj??/
- Homophone: convictions
- Hyphenation: con?vic?tion
Noun
conviction f (plural convictions)
- conviction
Derived terms
- pièce à conviction
Related terms
- convaincre
Further reading
- “conviction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
conviction From the web:
- what convictions cannot be expunged
- what conviction means
- what convictions result in an insurance surcharge
- what convictions can be expunged
- what convictions do you live by
- what conviction is shared by all confucians
- what convictions stop entry to canada
- what convictions prevent gun ownership
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