assurance
nounA statement or promise intended to establish confidence or remove doubt.
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Clear all filtersA statement or promise intended to establish confidence or remove doubt.
Strong enough to settle a question or remove reasonable doubt.
Distrustful of people's sincerity and inclined to assume selfish motives.
Open to reasonable disagreement or uncertainty.
Uncertain or doubtful; also questionable in reliability or value.
Uncertain or unconvinced
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Reluctance or delay in acting because of doubt or uncertainty.
Reluctance or uncertainty
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To question credibility or, in government, formally accuse an official of misconduct.
Challenge credibility
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Not seeming reasonable or believable.
Unlikely to happen or to be true.
To challenge the truth, integrity, or validity of something.
Difficulty choosing between possible actions or alternatives.
Difficulty choosing
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Beyond reasonable doubt or disagreement.
Beyond reasonable doubt
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Not stable or assured, or lacking confidence about one's position.
Lacking confidence
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Expecting unfavorable outcomes or emphasizing the negative side of a situation.
To state openly that one holds a belief, feeling, or qualification, sometimes with doubt about its sincerity.
Hesitant or unwilling to do something.
Weak, slight, or not strongly supported.
Clear and leaving no reasonable doubt about meaning or intention.
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