Vocabulary Word
Word: affirmation
Definition: positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination
Definition: positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination
Sentences Containing 'affirmation'
Of the first kind are the sciences of Geometry, Algebra, and Arithmetic; and in short, every affirmation which is either intuitively or demonstratively certain.
If you hold a medium between affirmation and negation, by saying, that the justice of the gods, at present, exerts itself in part, but not in its full extent; I answer, that you have no reason to give it any particular extent, but only so far as you see it, _at present_, exert itself.
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::: implacable - incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease; Ex. implacable enemy
::: deft - neat; skillful
::: obsequious - slavishly attentive; servile; full of servile compliance; sycophantic
::: prosody - art of versification; study of the metrical structure of verse
::: endorse - approve; support; write one's signature on the back of; N. endorsement; CF. dorsal
::: mirth - merriment; laughter
::: accelerate - move faster
::: nutritious - providing nourishment
