Definition of Reassurance

1. Noun. The act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence.

Generic synonyms: Support
Attributes: Reassuring, Unreassuring, Worrisome
Derivative terms: Reassure, Reassure

Definition of Reassurance

1. n. Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated.

Definition of Reassurance

1. Noun. the feeling of being reassured, of having confidence restored, of having apprehensions dispelled ¹

2. Noun. the act of confirming someone's opinion or impression ¹

3. Noun. (legal dated) reinsurance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reassurance

1. assurance [n -S] - See also: assurance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reassurance

reast
reasted
reastier
reastiest
reasting
reasts

Literary usage of Reassurance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1873)
"If he give as much for reassurance, he gains nothing by the transaction; and if he gives a ... (a) The contract of reassurance is totally distinct from, ..."

2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1848)
"Of reassurance and double insurance. After an insurance has been made, the insurer may have the entire sum he hath insured, reassured to •279 him by some ..."

3. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1854)
"Of reassurance and double insurance. After an insurance has been made, the insurer may have the entire sum he hath insured, reassured to him by some other ..."

4. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, George Franklin Comstock (1866)
"Of reassurance and double insurance. After an insurance lias been made, the insurer may have the entire sum he hath insured, reassured to him by some other ..."

5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1832)
"Of reassurance and double insurance. After an insurance has been made, the insurer may have the entire sum he hath insured, reassured to him by some a JV. ..."

6. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Most patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease can be managed by reassurance and simple life-style adjustments alone. The therapy for those with chronic ..."

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