Asseveration

the act of .
an emphatic -ssertion.
historical examples

finally through the mist he heard the -sseveration that it must be the work of fox or badger.
bakemono yashiki (the haunted house) james s. de benneville

it has not occurred to her that his words are a question rather than an -sseveration.
april’s lady margaret wolfe hungerford

“only in a speritchual sense, sister sudley,” nehemiah gasped, as he made haste to qualify his -sseveration.
the moonshiners at hoho-hebee falls charles egbert craddock (aka mary noailles murfree)

with all his -sseveration he does nothing to convince us that he was ever at windsor, or that, if so, he was glad to be there.
windsor castle edward thomas

the other man kept up the argument by spitting and by -sseveration.
letters from america rupert brooke

she then repeated her -sseveration that she would now do it effectually if he disappointed her.
amelia henry fielding

he now called to mind the words of her -sseveration, that her child was with the dead.
the catholic world; vol. iv.; october, 1866, to march, 1867. e. rameur

i venture to add, with all possible energy of -sseveration, that i did that thing, nim.
quodlibet john p. kennedy

he was threatened with an arrest, but persisted in his -sseveration that he would obey the judge’s order.
the american quarterly review, no. 17, march 1831 various

it was impossible to persuade him that such an -sseveration could be false.
the atlantic monthly, volume 5, no. 28, february, 1860 various

n.

1550s, from latin -sseverationem (nominative -sseveratio) “vehement -ssertion, protestation,” noun of action from past participle stem of -sseverare (see -sseverate).