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reassurance

noun

Etymology

From re- + assurance.

  1. derived from asseurance
  2. inherited from assuraunce
  3. prefixed as reassurance — “re- + assurance”

Definitions

  1. The feeling of being reassured, of having confidence restored, of having apprehensions…

    The feeling of being reassured, of having confidence restored, of having apprehensions dispelled.

  2. The act of confirming someone's opinion or impression.

    • "The PM’s private reassurances are worthless given her track record of u-turns and her clear desperation to cling to power."

  3. Reinsurance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for reassurance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA