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As nouns the difference between assurance and declaration

is that assurance is the act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence while declaration is declaration (written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief).

assurance

English

Alternative forms

* assuraunce

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
  • *(w) xvii. 31.
  • *:Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
  • * (1800-1859)
  • *:Assurances of support came pouring in daily.
  • The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
  • *(w) x. 22.
  • *:Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
  • Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
  • *(Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)
  • *:Brave men meet danger with assurance .
  • *(John Locke) (1632-1705)
  • *:Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance .
  • *
  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.His air, of self-confident assurance , seemed that of a man well used to having his own way.
  • Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.
  • (lb) Betrothal; affiance.
  • Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. &hand; Recently, assurance has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
  • (lb) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. &hand; In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom. ((William Blackstone) (1723-1780))
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    Anagrams

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    declaration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief.
  • A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
  • The act or process of declaring.
  • (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
  • (legal) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff’s cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
  • (computing) The specification of a variable's type
  • Quotations

    * 1611 , (King James Version of the Bible), 1:1 *: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

    Synonyms

    * (written or oral indication) avowal, notice, statement * (list of items for legal purposes) notice, statement * (act or process of declaring) notice

    See also

    * complaint * statutory * statutory declaration