assurance

Definition

  • noun: the state of being sure or certain about something
  • noun: the act or action of 'assuring'
  • often plural
  • synonyms: certainty, intrepidity, courage

Examples

  • They lent us the money with the 'assurance' that they would be repaid soon.

  • She gave him every 'assurance' that she would be there when he returned.

  • They sought 'assurances' from the school that their children were safe.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) A station like the herald Mercury new lighted on a heaven-kissing hill A combination and a form indeed where every god did seem to set its seal... ...to give the world assurance of a man. This was your husband Look you now what follows. Here is your husband... like a mildewed ear blasting (..)
    2015 Hamlet