Affirmation :: Affirmation (n.) Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law..
Affirmation :: Affirmation (n.) The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.
Affirmation :: Affirmation (n.) That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality..
Affirmation :: Affirmation (n.) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath..
Affirmative :: Affirmative (a.) Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law..
Affirmative :: Affirmative (a.) That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering yes to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote..
Affirmative :: Affirmative (a.) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Affirmative :: Affirmative (a.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted..
Affirmative :: Affirmative (n.) That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative..
Affirmative :: Affirmative (n.) A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc..
Affirmatively :: Affirmatively (adv.) In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.
Disaffirmation :: Disaffirmation (n.) The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation.