Definition of affirmation

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Affirmation (n.) The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.

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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..
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..
Averment :: Averment (v. t.) The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion..
Perjury :: Perjury (v.) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false affirmations..
Affirmative :: Affirmative (n.) A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc..
Whereas :: Whereas (conj.) Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow..
Testimony :: Testimony (n.) A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.
Predication :: Predication (n.) The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion..
Denial :: Denial (n.) The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. t.) To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4..
Predicative :: Predicative (a.) Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term..
Vouch :: Vouch (v. t.) To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.
Protest :: Protest (v. t.) To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to..
Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories..
Testimony :: Testimony (n.) Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians..
Affirmatory :: Affirmatory (a.) Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative.
Transcendent :: Transcendent (a.) Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect..
Negation :: Negation (adv.) The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of affirmation..
Asseveration :: Asseveration (n.) The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration..
Protest :: Protest (v. t.) To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty..
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