Affirmation

Affirmation
(Roget's Thesaurus)
<- N
PARAG:Affirmation->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ affirmance
affirmance
affirmation
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ statement
statement
allegation
assertion
predication
declaration
word
averment
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ confirmation
confirmation
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ asseveration
asseveration
adjuration
swearing
oath
affidavit
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ deposition
deposition
&c.(record) 551
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ avouchment
avouchment
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ assurance
assurance
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ protest
protest
protestation
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ profession
profession
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ acknowledgment
acknowledgment
&c.(assent) 488
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ legal pledge
legal pledge
pronouncement
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ solemn averment
solemn averment
solemn avowal
solemn declaration
GRP: \\ N \\ 3
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ remark
remark
observation
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ position
position
&c.(proposition) 514
saying
dictum
sentence
ipse dixit
GRP: \\ N \\ 4
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ emphasis
emphasis
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ weight
weight
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ dogmatism
dogmatism
&c.(certainty) 474
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ dogmatics
dogmatics
&c. 887
PARAG:Affirmation->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ assert
assert
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ make an assertion
make an assertion
&c.->N.
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ have one's say
have one's say
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ say
say
affirm
predicate
declare
state
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ protest
protest
profess
GRP: \\ V \\ 2
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ put forth
put forth
put forward
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ advance
advance
allege
propose
propound
enunciate
broach
set forth
hold out
maintain
contend
pronounce
pretend
GRP: \\ V \\ 3
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ depose
depose
depone
aver
avow
avouch
asseverate
swear
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ make oath
make oath
take one's oath
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ make an affidavit
make an affidavit
swear an affidavit
put in an affidavit
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ take one's Bible oath
take one's Bible oath
kiss the book
vow
vitam impendere vero
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ swear till one is black in the face
swear till one is black in the face
swear till one is blue in the face
swear till all's blue
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ be sworn
be sworn
call Heaven to witness
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ vouch
vouch
warrant
certify
assure
swear by bell book and candle
GRP: \\ V \\ 4
Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ swear by
swear by
&c.(believe) 484
Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ insist upon
insist upon
take one's stand upon
Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ emphasize
emphasize
lay stress on
Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ assert roundly
assert roundly
assert positively
Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ lay down
lay down
lay down the law
Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ raise one's voice
raise one's voice
dogmatize
have the last word
Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ rap out
rap out
Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ repeat
repeat
Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ reassert
reassert
reaffirm
GRP: \\ V \\ 5
Sgm: \\ V \\ 5 \\ announce
announce
&c.(information) 527
Sgm: \\ V \\ 5 \\ acknowledge
acknowledge
&c.(assent) 488
Sgm: \\ V \\ 5 \\ attest
attest
&c.(evidence) 467
Sgm: \\ V \\ 5 \\ adjure
adjure
&c.(put to one's oath) 768
PARAG:Affirmation->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ asserting
asserting
&c.->V.
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ declaratory
declaratory
predicatory
pronunciative
affirmative
soi-disant
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ positive
positive
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ certain
certain
&c. 474
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ express
express
explicit
&c.(patent) 525
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ absolute
absolute
emphatic
flat
broad
round
pointed
marked
distinct
decided
confident
trenchant
dogmatic
definitive
formal
solemn
categorical
peremptory
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ unretracted
unretracted
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ predicable
predicable
PARAG:Affirmation->Adv
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ affirmatively
affirmatively
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ in the affirmative
in the affirmative
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 2
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 2 \\ with emphasis
with emphasis
ex-cathedra
without fear of contradiction
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 3
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 3 \\ I must say
I must say
indeed
i' faith
let me tell you
why
give me leave to say
marry
you may be sure
I'd have you to know
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 3 \\ upon my word
upon my word
upon my honor
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 3 \\ by my troth
by my troth
egad
I assure you
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 3 \\ by jingo
by jingo
by Jove
by George
&c.???
troth
seriously
sadly
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 3 \\ in sadness
in sadness
in sober sadness
in truth
in earnest
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 3 \\ of a truth
of a truth
truly
perdy
in all conscience
upon oath
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 3 \\ be assured
be assured
&c.(belief) 484
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 3 \\ yes
yes
&c.(assent) 488
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 3 \\ I'll warrant
I'll warrant
I'll warrant you
I'll engage
I'll answer for it
I'll be bound
I'll venture to say
I'll take my oath
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 3 \\ in fact
in fact
forsooth
joking apart
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 3 \\ so help me God
so help me God
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 3 \\ not to mince the matter
not to mince the matter

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  • affirmation — [ afirmasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1313; affermation XIIe; lat. affirmatio 1 ♦ Action d affirmer, de donner pour vrai un jugement (qu il soit, dans la forme, affirmatif ou négatif); le jugement ainsi énoncé (opposé à interrogation).⇒ assertion, proposition.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • affirmation — I noun absolute assertion, acknowledgment, acquiescence, adfirmatio, adjurement, affirmance, approval, assertion, assertory oath, asseveration, attest, attestation, authentication, averment, avouchment, avowal, certification, confirmation,… …   Law dictionary

  • Affirmation — • A solemn declaration accepted in legal procedure in lieu of the requisite oath Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Affirmation     Affirmation      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • affirmation — AFFIRMATION. s. f. Expression par laquelle on assure qu une chose est vraie. Il n est guère d usage qu au Palais, où il se prend pour, Assurance avec serment, et dans les formes juridiques. Prendre un acte d affirmation. Je m en rapporte à votre… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • affirmation — Affirmation. s. f. Asseurance qu une chose est vraye. Il n a guere d usage qu au Palais, où il se prend pour, Asseurance par serment, & dans les formes juridiques. Prendre un acte d affirmation. je m en rapporte à vostre affirmation. le Juge a… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Affirmation — is a declaration that something is true. It may also refer to:* a positive judgment: in logic, the union of the subject and predicate of a proposition * Affirmation in law, a declaration made by and allowed to those who conscientiously object to… …   Wikipedia

  • Affirmation — Af fir*ma tion, n. [L. affirmatio: cf. F. affirmation.] 1. Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; opposed to {negation} or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • affirmation — (n.) early 15c., assertion that something is true, from O.Fr. afermacion (14c.), from L. affirmationem (nom. affirmatio) an affirmation, solid assurance, noun of action from pp. stem of affirmare (see AFFIRM (Cf. affirm)). In law, as the Quaker… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Affirmation — (lat.), Bejahung, Bestätigung; Gegensatz der A. ist die Negation (s. d.); affirmativ, bejahend …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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