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affirmation 音标拼音: [ ,æfɚm'eʃən] n. 肯定,断言,主张 肯定,断言,主张 affirmation n 1: a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something [ synonym: { avowal}, { avouchment}, { affirmation}] 2: the act of affirming or asserting or stating something [ synonym: { affirmation}, { assertion}, { statement}] 3: ( religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath ( if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) 4: a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand [ ant: { reversal}] Affirmation \ Af` fir* ma" tion\, n. [ L. affirmatio: cf. F. affirmation.] 1. Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to { negation} or { denial}. [ 1913 Webster] 3. That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( 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. [ 1913 Webster] 162 Moby Thesaurus words for " affirmation": John Hancock, OK, Parthian shot, a priori principle, acceptance, accord, acquiescence, address, admission, affidavit, affirmance, affirmative, affirmative voice, agreement, allegation, answer, apostrophe, approbation, approval, apriorism, assent, assertion, asseveration, assumed position, assumption, attest, attestation, authentication, authorization, averment, avouchment, avowal, axiom, aye, backing, backing up, basis, bearing out, blessing, bolstering, buttressing, categorical proposition, certification, circumstantiation, comment, compliance, compurgation, confirmation, connivance, consent, corroboration, corroboratory evidence, countersignature, crack, data, declaration, deposition, dictum, disclosure, documentation, eagerness, endorsement, exclamation, expression, first principles, fortification, foundation, go- ahead, green light, greeting, ground, hypothesis, hypothesis ad hoc, imprimatur, instrument in proof, interjection, legal evidence, lemma, major premise, mention, minor premise, nod, notarization, notarized statement, note, observation, okay, permission, philosopheme, philosophical proposition, phrase, position, postulate, postulation, postulatum, premise, presupposition, profession, promptitude, promptness, pronouncement, proof, proposition, propositional function, proving, proving out, question, ratification, readiness, reflection, reinforcement, remark, rubber stamp, sanction, say, saying, seal, sentence, sigil, signature, signet, stamp, stamp of approval, statement, statement under oath, strengthening, subjoinder, submission, subscription, substantiation, sumption, support, supporting evidence, supposal, swearing, sworn evidence, sworn statement, sworn testimony, testimonial, testimonium, testimony, the nod, theorem, thesis, thought, truth table, truth- function, truth- value, undergirding, ungrudgingness, unloathness, unreluctance, utterance, validation, verification, visa, vise, vouching, warrant, willingness, witness, wordAFFIRMATION, practice. A solemn declaration and asseveration, which awitness makes before an officer, competent to administer an oath in a likecase, to tell the truth, as if be had been sworn. 2. In the United States, generally, all witnesses who declarethemselves conscientiously scrupulous against taking a corporal oath, arepermitted to make a solemn affirmation, and this in all cases, as wellcriminal as civil. 3. In England, laws have been enacted which partially relieve personswho, have conscientious scruples against taking an oath, and authorize themto make affirmation. In France, the laws which allow freedom of religiousopinion, have received the liberal construction that all persons are to besworn or affirmed according to the dictates of their consciences; and aquaker' s affirmation has been received and held of the same effect as anoath. Merl. Quest. de Droit, mot Serment, Sec. 1. 4. The form is to this effect: " You, A B, do solemnly, sincerely, andtruly declare and affirm," & c. For the violation of the truth in such case, the witness is subject to the punishment of perjury as if he had been sworn. 5. Affirmation also means confirming; as, an affirmative statute.
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