Synonyms for affirmation
ˌæf ərˈmeɪ ʃənaf·fir·ma·tion

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1. affirmationnoun

   Synonyms:
   assertion

2. affirmationnoun

   A declaration that something is true; an oath.

   Synonyms:
   assertion

3. affirmationnoun

   A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

   Synonyms:
   assertion

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1. affirmation

   Testimony, in legal as well as in common use, signifies the statements of witnesses. Deposition and affidavit denote testimony reduced to writing; the deposition differs from the affidavit in that the latter is voluntary and without cross-examination, while the former is made under interrogatories and subject to cross-examination. Evidence is a broader term, including the testimony of witnesses and all facts of every kind that tend to prove a thing true; we have the testimony of a traveler that a fugitive passed this way; his footprints in the sand are additional evidence of the fact. Compare DEMONSTRATION; OATH.

   Synonyms:
   affidavit, attestation, certification, deposition, evidence, proof, testimony, witness

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1. avowal, avouchment, affirmationnoun

   a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

   Synonyms:
   avouchment, avowal, assertion, statement

   Antonyms:
   reversal

2. affirmation, assertion, statementnoun

   the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

   Synonyms:
   argument, statement, command, averment, program line, avowal, asseveration, financial statement, avouchment, instruction, assertion

   Antonyms:
   reversal

3. affirmationnoun

   (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)

   Synonyms:
   avouchment, avowal, assertion, statement

   Antonyms:
   reversal

4. affirmationnoun

   a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand

   Synonyms:
   avouchment, avowal, assertion, statement

   Antonyms:
   reversal

Matched Categories

1. • Commitment
   • Judgment
   • Law
   • Religion
   • Speech Act

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1. affirmationnoun

   Synonyms:
   assertion, declaration, asseveration, word, averment, protestation, avowal, predication, testimony, deposition

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1. affirmationnoun

   Synonyms:
   assertion, averment, asseveration

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1. List of paraphrases for "affirmation":

   assertion, contention, confirmation, reaffirmation, statement, claim, allegation

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How to use affirmation in a sentence?

1. Vice President Joe Biden:

   There's no way to put a timetable on that, the way I read it is it was neither affirmation that Vice President Joe Biden's plunging in on a Shermanesque statement that Vice President Joe Biden'll never run.

2. Mark Cash:

   Strong billings and revenue guidance, alongside affirmation that Palo Alto will not be drastically changing its selling model, which would affect free cash flow, helped qualm investor fears.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   Some people thought I made the right decision and some people thought I made the wrong decision and so I have gotten both affirmation and criticism for the decision I made and that was true from the very beginning of deciding that.

4. Romain Cary:

   Humore is an affirmation of man's dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

5. Felix Adler:

   The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in it is not merely academic. Every outcry against the oppression of some people by other people, or against what is morally hideous is the affirmation of the principle that a human being as such is not to be violated. A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered.