assurance

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I could only tell her that I had written to him; but before the assurance was an hour old she would climb up from the gulf of unconsciousness with infinite effort to ask if we had received his reply.

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  1. noun The act of assuring.
  2. noun A statement or indication that inspires confidence; a guarantee or pledge: gave her assurance that the plan would succeed.
  3. noun Freedom from doubt; certainty: set sail in the assurance of favorable winds. See Synonyms at certainty.
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  • I could only tell her that I had written to him; but before the assurance was an hour old she would climb up from the gulf of unconsciousness with infinite effort to ask if we had received his reply. —  The Story of a Pioneer
  • But on receiving an assurance from the Portuguese Government (which, however, was never fulfilled by them ) that his men would be looked after, he made up his mind for a somewhat longer stay. —  The Personal Life Of David Livingstone
  • They have a remarkable self-assurance which is incomprehensible inasmuch as we can find nothing to justify such an attitude. —  COPYRIGHT 1940, 1947, 1948
  • Without waiting to ascertain the situation in Budapest, Tesla, full of youthful hope and the self-assurance which is typical of the untried graduate, traveled to that city, expecting to walk into an engineering position in the new telephone project. —  Prodigal genius - Tesla Biography
  • To the Thracian King, Cotys, he sent a long letter assuring him of friendship; but carrying the assurance was the cold-eyed Attalus Philip gave him two small metal phials, each marked with different letters. —  David Gemmell - (Lion of Macedon 01) Lion Of Macedon v1.0 (1990).htm
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  1. from Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, French assurance, = Spanish aseguranza = Italian assecuranza (= English assecurance, q. v.), from Middle Latin assecurantia, from assecurare, assure: see assure and -ance.
 

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