assurance
Cross references: 1. certainty 2. confidence as.sur.ance \*-'shu.r-*n(t)s\ n 1: the act of assuring : PLEDGE 2: the state of being sure or certain 3: SECURITY, SAFETY 4: the act of conveying or the instrument or other legal evidence of the co nveyance of real property chiefly Brit 5: INSURANCE 6: SELF-CONFIDENCE, SELF-RELIANCE 7: AUDACITY, PRESUMPTION