affirmation

== English == === Etymology === From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). Doublet of affirmatio. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /æfɝˈmeɪʃn/ (Indic) IPA(key): /əfə(r)ˈmeʃən/, /ˈafəmeʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === affirmation (countable and uncountable, plural affirmations) That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true. (law) A solemn pledge (to tell the truth, to bear allegiance, etc.), legally equivalent to an oath, taken by people who are forbidden to take a religious oath (such as Quakers) or otherwise prefer not to do so. Synonym: solemn affirmation A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion. ==== Synonyms ==== assertion ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === affirmation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Noun === affirmation c (singular definite affirmationen, plural indefinite affirmationer) affirmation ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “affirmation” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === affirmation f (plural affirmations) affirmation === Further reading === “affirmation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012