Word Meanings - ASSECURATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Assurance; certainty.

CERTAINTY
Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth
ASSURANCE
Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. Note: In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom. Blackstone. (more info) 1. The act of
UNCERTAINTY
1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
REASSURANCE
See REINSURANCE (more info) 1. Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated. Prynne.
INCERTAINTY
Uncertainty. Shak.
PREASSURANCE
Previous assurance. Coleridge.