affirmation

Etymology

From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). Doublet of affirmatio.

noun

  1. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
  2. (law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.
  3. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

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