Assurance

Assurance

/əˈSHo͝orən(t)s/

noun

1) the act of assuring or state of being assured

“Once you have invested some time and energy on a path, you no longer want to know the right path, you just want assurance that your path is the right path.”

― Shunya

2) a statement or indication that inspires confidence, a guarantee

“Tough love may be tough to give, but it is a necessity of life and assurance of positive growth.”

― T. F. Hodge (1969 – )

3) freedom from doubt, certainty

“In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence.”

― from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, by David Hume (1711 – 1776)

4) confidence

“A person willing to fly in the face of reason, authority, and common sense must be a person of considerable self-assurance.”

― Isaac Asimov (1920 – 1992)