 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
affirmation
noun
1: a statement asserting the existence or the truth of
something [syn: {avowal}, {avouchment}]
2: the act of affirming or asserting or stating something [syn:
{assertion}, {statement}]
3: (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose
as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on
religious or ethical grounds)
4: a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower
court was correct and should stand [ant: {reversal}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Affirmation \Af'fir*ma"tion\, noun [L. affirmatio: cf. F.
affirmation.]
1. Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as,
the affirmation of a law. --Hooker.
2. The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; --
opposed to {negation} or {denial}.
3. That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive
statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender,
of title to property sold, or of its quality.
4. (Law) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of
perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an
oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.
--Bouvier.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
162 Moby Thesaurus words for "affirmation":
John Hancock, OK, Parthian shot, a priori principle, acceptance,
accord, acquiescence, address, admission, affidavit, affirmance,
affirmative, affirmative voice, agreement, allegation, answer,
apostrophe, approbation, approval, apriorism, assent, assertion,
asseveration, assumed position, assumption, attest, attestation,
authentication, authorization, averment, avouchment, avowal, axiom,
aye, backing, backing up, basis, bearing out, blessing, bolstering,
buttressing, categorical proposition, certification,
circumstantiation, comment, compliance, compurgation, confirmation,
connivance, consent, corroboration, corroboratory evidence,
countersignature, crack, data, declaration, deposition, dictum,
disclosure, documentation, eagerness, endorsement, exclamation,
expression, first principles, fortification, foundation, go-ahead,
green light, greeting, ground, hypothesis, hypothesis ad hoc,
imprimatur, instrument in proof, interjection, legal evidence,
lemma, major premise, mention, minor premise, nod, notarization,
notarized statement, note, observation, okay, permission,
philosopheme, philosophical proposition, phrase, position,
postulate, postulation, postulatum, premise, presupposition,
profession, promptitude, promptness, pronouncement, proof,
proposition, propositional function, proving, proving out,
question, ratification, readiness, reflection, reinforcement,
remark, rubber stamp, sanction, say, saying, seal, sentence, sigil,
signature, signet, stamp, stamp of approval, statement,
statement under oath, strengthening, subjoinder, submission,
subscription, substantiation, sumption, support,
supporting evidence, supposal, swearing, sworn evidence,
sworn statement, sworn testimony, testimonial, testimonium,
testimony, the nod, theorem, thesis, thought, truth table,
truth-function, truth-value, undergirding, ungrudgingness,
unloathness, unreluctance, utterance, validation, verification,
visa, vise, vouching, warrant, willingness, witness, word
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