Reassurance

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reassurance \Re`as*sur"ance\ (r[=e]`[.a]*sh[udd]r"ans), n.
     1. Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated. --Prynne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Law) Same as {Reinsurance}.
        [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reassurance
       n : the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "reassurance":
     aid and comfort, ascertainment, assurance, certification, check,
     checking, collation, comfort, condolence, confirmation,
     consolation, determination, easement, emboldening, encouragement,
     ensuring, establishment, heartening, inspiration, inspiriting,
     inspiritment, reassurement, relief, shred of comfort, solace,
     solacement, substantiation, support, sympathy, validation,
     verification
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  REASSURANCE. When an insurer is desirous of lessening his liability, he may 
  procure some other insurer to insure him from loss, for the insurance he has 
  made this is called reassurance.