Definition of affirmation

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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..

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Averment :: Averment (v. t.) The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion..
Epistrophe :: Epistrophe (n.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I..
Oath :: Oath (n.) A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc..
Protest :: Protest (v. t.) To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty..
Threap :: Threap (n.) An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.
Protestation :: Protestation (n.) Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial..
Erotesis :: Erotesis (n.) A figure o/ speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form o/ an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; -.
Affirmatory :: Affirmatory (a.) Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative.
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..
Testify :: Testify (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal..
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..
Testify :: Testify (v. t.) To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact..
Oath :: Oath (n.) A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed..
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..
Protest :: Protest (v. t.) To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation..
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..
Yes :: Yes (adv.) Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no.
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..
Asseveration :: Asseveration (n.) The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration..
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