assurance

/əˈʃʊərəns/ noun

Translation

PROMISE [C] › a promise

vaat, söz, güvence, sigorta, garanti, teminat

[+ that] He gave us an assurance that it would not happen again.1175

CONFIDENCE [U] › confidence

güven, kendine güven, özgüven

He spoke with calm assurance.2303

(Definition of assurance noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

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