asseveration
noun
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Pronunciation: /əˌsɛv.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ / /æsˌɛv.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
noun
Etymology: From Latin assevērātiō, from assevērō.
- An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support.
“[…] no man is believ’d a jot the more for all the Aſſeverations, Damnings and Swearings he makes: […]”
“Custom-houſe oaths and political oaths are but little regarded even by ſome who pretend to principles of honeſty and religion: and a Quaker’s aſſeveration is with us juſtly put upon the ſame footing with the oath of any other perſon.”