affirmation

From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). Doublet of affirmatio.

• IPA^(key): /æfɝˈmeɪʃn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

affirmation (countable and uncountable, plural affirmations)

1. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
2. (law) A solemn pledge (to tell the truth, to bear allegiance, etc.), legally equivalent to an oath, taken by people who are forbidden to take a religious oath (such as Quakers) or otherwise prefer not to do so.

   Synonym: solemn affirmation

3. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

• assertion

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affirmation c (singular definite affirmationen, plural indefinite affirmationer)

1. affirmation

• “affirmation” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”).

• IPA^(key): /a.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/

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affirmation f (plural affirmations)

1. affirmation

• “affirmation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.