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UK
/ˌæfəmˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌæfɝˈmeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌæfɝˈmeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
- (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)
- a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
How To Use affirmation In A Sentence
- Until you awaken this feeling, you should not expect the affirmation to work.
- By using an affirmation, you are attempting to shift yourself so that you can do or be something even though your mind doesn't accept it yet.
- He was a strong supporter of the doctrine of papal infallibility and he drew up a postulatum in which he favoured a definition by implication in preference to an explicit affirmation of the dogma. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
- The budget should reflect policy priorities of social needs cluster departments as a re-affirmation of government's strategic focus on developing the poor and underdeveloped communities.
- The divergence relationship among ursine bears was not resolved with any of the molecular data sets with the exception of the affirmation of the close affinity of the brown bear and the polar bear.
- The girl was silent for a moment, then she nodded, grunting in affirmation.
- Some protest that this affirmation comes at a cost: you cannot receive it unless you first abase yourself as a hopeless and helpless sinner in need of redemption.
- The equivocation of its affirmation - if affirmation it be - is first among the defects that ought to disqualify this proposal.
- Leigh nodded in affirmation and made his way back to the car.
- New citizens make an oath of allegiance or affirmation and a pledge to respect the rights, freedoms and laws of the UK. Times, Sunday Times
