Assurance

As·sur·ance

Assurance

n.
  1. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
    Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
    — Acts xvii. 31.
    Assurances of support came pouring in daily.
  2. The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
    Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
    — Heb. x. 22.
  3. Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
    Brave men meet danger with assurance.
    Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance.
  4. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.
  5. Betrothal; affiance. [Obs.]
  6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.
  7. Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. (Law)