reaffirmation

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  1. Renewed affirmation; a repeated affirmation. The great movement of thought which characterises the nineteenth century is a movement through negation to reaffirmation, through destruction to reconstruction. E. Caird, Hegel, p. 1.

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  • Washington was much displeased that Sir Lionel Carden should have selected the day of these high-handed proceedings to present to Huerta his credentials as minister; in its sensitive condition, the State Department interpreted this act as a reaffirmation of that recognition that had already caused so much confusion in Mexican affairs. —  The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I
  • Is it a refutation or a reaffirmation of Judeo-Christian teaching? —  Omni: Fall 1995
  • In the paper they explain why they chose 1978, seven years after Griggs and six after the subsequent legislative reaffirmation: —  Libertarian Blog Place
  • Both companies also failed on several occasions to provide valid "reaffirmation" of a contract signed at the door, which is required by law and is done through a follow-up phone call to the customer. —  Thestar.com - Home Page
  • Federal Government GSA Schedule (541-4D, Conference and Event Management), as well as a reaffirmation of their ongoing relationship with Uniglobe Travel as a POTHOS, Inc. ven with the state of the economy in 2008, POTHOS has been rock solid. —  PRWeb
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