Definitions
1.nounThe act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
2.nounThe state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
3.nounFirmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
4.nounExcess of boldness; impudence; audacity"his assurance is intolerable"
5.nounBetrothal; affiance.
6.nounInsurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Recently, assurance has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
7.nounAny written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
8.nounSubjective certainty of one's salvation.