Definitions for assurance

assurance as·sur·ance

Spelling: [uh-shoo r-uh ns, -shur
IPA: /əˈʃʊər əns, -ˈʃɜr-/

Assurance is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 393 anagrams from letters in assurance (aacenrssu).

Definitions for assurance

noun

  1. a positive declaration intended to give confidence:
  2. promise or pledge; guaranty; surety:
  3. full confidence; freedom from doubt; certainty:
  4. freedom from timidity; self-confidence; belief in one's abilities:
  5. presumptuous boldness; impudence.
  6. Chiefly British. insurance.

Origin of assurance

1325-75; Middle English ass(e)ura(u)nce Middle French ass(e)urance. See assure, -ance

Examples for assurance

But waiting several more months for that to happen seems like an extremely risky strategy, with no assurance of success.

This was what Mr. Gladstone hoped, and what he thought he had the assurance of.

And by pronouncing other cultures and political systems “evil,” there was the assurance that America was good.

assurance eventually becomes arrogance; confidence curdles into entitlement.

The letters being taken away will be an assurance that you have them.

To an audience destabilized by seismic changes in the culture, he brings the assurance (and the threat) that Obama et al.

It was on this assurance that the FAA certified that the 787 was safe to fly again.

This assurance satisfied the others, but it did not satisfy Harriet.

He sent up to beg leave to wait upon me—I wonder at his assurance—!

We aim at the assurance of a rounded and permanent national life.

Word Value for assurance
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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