Hypertext Webster Gateway: "affirmation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Affirmation \Af`fir*ma"tion\, n. [L. affirmatio: cf. F.
affirmation.]
1. Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as,
the affirmation of a law. --Hooker.
2. The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; --
opposed to {negation} or {denial}.
3. That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive
statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender,
of title to property sold, or of its quality.
4. (Law) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of
perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an
oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.
--Bouvier.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
affirmation
n 1: a statement asserting the existence or the truth of
something [syn: {avowal}]
2: the act of affirming or asserting or stating something [syn:
{assertion}, {statement}]
3: a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath
(if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or
ethical grounds)
4: a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower
court was correct and should stand [ant: {reversal}]
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