What does reassurance mean?

Definitions for reassurance
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. reassurancenoun

    the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence

Wiktionary

  1. reassurancenoun

    the feeling of being reassured, of having confidence restored, of having apprehensions dispelled

  2. reassurancenoun

    the act of confirming someone's opinion or impression

  3. reassurancenoun

    reinsurance

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  1. reassurance

    Reassurance is the act of giving comfort or confidence to someone who is feeling anxious, worried, or insecure, by removing their doubts or fears about a situation. It often involves the expression of positive affirmation or validation, intended to alleviate their concerns or uncertainty.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Reassurancenoun

    assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated

  2. Reassurancenoun

    same as Reinsurance

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of reassurance in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of reassurance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of reassurance in a Sentence

  1. Judge Ross Cranston:

    There's no substantial reassurance that this applicant is not a flight risk.

  2. Barbara Ferrer:

    Our data provides reassurance that these vaccines continue to provide excellent protection from Covid-related hospitalizations and deaths.

  3. Mark Priest:

    There's a sense of relief. There's so much nervousness in the market at the moment that even slightly good news out of a bank like Commerzbank is taken very well, the German banking sector has been pretty battered, and The German banking sector's got to a point where there may be value there, so long as global economic factors start to calm down. Germany's DAX was up 1.4 percent. Traders said that growth data from Germany, which showed growth was steady and in line with expectations, provided reassurance after economic fears had pegged back markets this week. The FTSEurofirst 300 nonetheless remains down 5 percent this week, with banks still down around 7.5 percent on the week, hit by concerns over profitability in a low growth, low interest rate environment. Caution over exposure to default from the energy sector has also hindered bank stocks. On Friday, the oil and gas sector rose 3.1 percent after a rally in oil which left crude prices up over 3 percent. Growth sensitive mining stocks also rallied, up over 3 percent. In other corporate news, Rolls Royce rallied 11.9 percent after Rolls Royce results, Rolls Royce biggest one-day rise since November 2008. It stuck to its 2016 guidance, despite being forced to cut its dividend following three profit warnings last year. It said there would be no need for a rights issue.

  4. Michael Gove:

    I listened to the chancellor and I found his words incredibly reassuring, the chancellor's statement today provided the reassurance that people need, and I am looking forward to hearing from the prime minister later.

  5. Mona Hanna-Attisha:

    A lot of what we do in pediatrics is reassurance, we try to reassure (parents) that not every kid is going to have every problem, but we also try to give them practical things that they can do now. There is no pill for lead. There is no antidote for lead. But there are things we can do to mitigate this exposure.

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