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What does "affirmation" mean?

Affirmation: The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.

Additional senses

  1. 2.That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.
  2. 3.(Law) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath. Bouvier.

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