ALL meanings of assurance
as·sur·ance
A a - variable noun assurance If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried. 3
- uncountable noun assurance If you do something with assurance, you do it with a feeling of confidence and certainty. 3
- uncountable noun assurance Assurance is insurance that provides cover in the event of death. 3
- noun assurance a statement, assertion, etc, intended to inspire confidence or give encouragement 3
- noun assurance a promise or pledge of support 3
- noun assurance freedom from doubt; certainty 3
- noun assurance forwardness; impudence 3
- noun assurance insurance providing for certainties such as death as contrasted with fire or theft 3
- noun assurance the act of assuring 3
- noun assurance the state of being assured; sureness; confidence; certainty 3
- noun assurance something said or done to inspire confidence, as a promise, positive statement, etc.; guarantee 3
- noun assurance belief in one's own abilities; self-confidence 3
- noun assurance impudent forwardness; presumption 3
- noun assurance insurance, esp. life insurance 3
- noun assurance promise 1
- noun assurance lack of doubt 1
- noun assurance strong statement, assertion 1
- noun assurance insurance 1
- noun assurance impudence 1
- noun assurance a positive declaration intended to give confidence: He received assurances of support for the project. 1
- noun assurance promise or pledge; guaranty; surety: He gave his assurance that the job would be done. 1
- noun assurance full confidence; freedom from doubt; certainty: to act in the assurance of success. 1
- noun assurance freedom from timidity; self-confidence; belief in one's abilities: She acted with speed and assurance. 1
- noun assurance presumptuous boldness; impudence. 1
- noun assurance Chiefly British. insurance. 1
- noun assurance A positive declaration intended to give confidence; a promise. 1
- noun assurance The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence. 0
- noun assurance The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty. 0
- noun assurance Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. 0
- noun assurance Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable. 0
- noun assurance (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Betrothal; affiance. 0
- noun assurance 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. 0
- noun assurance (law) 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)). 0