reassurance

noun

re·​as·​sur·​ance ˌrē-ə-ˈshu̇r-ən(t)s How to pronounce reassurance (audio)
1
: the action of reassuring : the state of being reassured
2

Examples of reassurance in a Sentence

Experts offered their reassurances that the accident wouldn't happen again. He received reassurance from his family. Children need a lot of reassurance.
Recent Examples on the Web Powell and his colleagues are just looking for more reassurance that the time is right. Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024 Saudi normalization with Israel will be an essential element of reassurance. Dennis Ross, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024 But the few public glimpses into judges’ thinking hasn’t provided reassurance. Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 26 Feb. 2024 For the uninitiated—for those not on the playgrounds or in the streets or privy to locker-room whispers about how big and bad the storm descending on Ann Arbor was—the photo was a scene of reassurance, appeasing those who feared that the Fab Five would disrupt the landscape of the game. Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2024 The neighborly interactions, however fleeting, have provided residents with a sense of inspiration and reassurance in hard times — especially during the writers’ and actors’ strikes. Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024 The spokesperson reiterated government reassurances that revisions to the espionage law are not targeting normal business, scientific and academic activity and exchanges. Ken Moritsugu and Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024 Public Investigator to test faucet water for manganese, other metals Despite the reassurances, Eckelaert remains concerned about the lack of explanation for his water's appearance, and said neither the flushing nor the improvements to the water system have helped. Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024 Despite pious declarations of support for Ukraine from President Biden and the ardent reassurances from Vice President Harris in Munich the brakes are on in the House. Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of reassurance was circa 1611

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“Reassurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reassurance. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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reassurance

noun
re·​as·​sur·​ance ˌrē-ə-ˈshu̇r-ən(t)s How to pronounce reassurance (audio)
: the action of reassuring : the state of being reassured

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