Need another word that means the same as “affirmation”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “affirmation” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Affirmation” are: avouchment, avowal, assertion, statement, declaration, proclamation, pronouncement, attestation, assurance, confirmation, ratification, endorsement, defence
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “affirmation” as a noun can have the following definitions:
assertion | The action of asserting something. His assertion that his father had deserted the family. |
assurance | A statement intended to inspire confidence. The President s assurances were not respected. |
attestation | The action of being a witness to or formally certifying something. Their vocabulary is no attestation to your value as a parent. |
avouchment | A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something. |
avowal | A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something. |
confirmation | The action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed. Confirmation of the appointment. |
declaration | An act of declaring an innings closed. A declaration of love. |
defence | Military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies. Dribbling through defences. |
endorsement | The action of endorsing someone or something. The cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement. |
proclamation | The public or official announcement of an important matter. The issuing by the monarch of a proclamation dissolving Parliament. |
pronouncement | An authoritative declaration. Distrust of the pronouncements of politicians was endemic. |
ratification | Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it. The ratification of the treaty. |
statement | A nonverbal message. His tantrums are a statement of his need for attention. |
affirm | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. They affirmed that policies were to be judged by their contribution to social justice. |
arguable | Open to disagreement; not obviously correct. A highly arguable assumption. |
assert | Postulate positively and assertively. The letter asserts a free society. |
asserting | Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration. |
assertion | The act of affirming or asserting or stating something. His assertion that his father had deserted the family. |
assurance | Insurance, specifically life insurance. His assurance in his superiority did not make him popular. |
assure | Assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence. Tony assured me that there was a supermarket in the village. |
aver | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. I don t have to do anything it s his problem he averred. |
avow | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. He avowed that he had voted Labour in every election. |
certain | Certain to occur destined or inevitable. The exercise was causing him a certain amount of pain. |
claim | Ask for legally or make a legal claim to as of debts for example. Evidence contradicted the government s claims. |
clarify | Melt (butter) in order to separate out the water and milk solids. Clarify the butter. |
confidently | In a way that expresses little or no doubt about something. He confidently predicts a change of fortune. |
contend | To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation. He contended that Communism had no future. |
declamation | Vehement oratory. Declamations of patriotism. |
declaration | Unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction. A declaration of independence. |
declarative | A declarative sentence or phrase. Declarative statements. |
declaratory | Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration. The decision was declaratory of the law. |
declare | Declare to be. Pakistan declared at 446 for four. |
declared | Declared as fact explicitly stated. Their declared and their covert objectives. |
elucidate | Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. In what follows I shall try to elucidate what I believe the problems to be. |
evidence | Give evidence. The quality of the bracelet as evidenced by the workmanship is exceptional. |
exaction | Act of demanding or levying by force or authority. He supervised the exaction of tolls at various ports. |
explicit | Of a person stating something in an explicit manner. Explicit sexual scenes. |
incriminate | Bring an accusation against; level a charge against. He refused to answer questions in order not to incriminate himself. |
insist | Assert to be true. I must insist. |
positive | An adjective or adverb in the positive degree. Protons are positive. |
predicate | What is predicated of the subject of a proposition the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula. The theory of structure on which later chemistry was predicated. |
proclaim | Announce officially or publicly. She proclaimed that what I had said was untrue. |
statement | A nonverbal message. Children with statements of special educational needs. |
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