Reassurance


[ree-uh-shoo r, -shur] /ˌri əˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜr/

verb (used with object), reassured, reassuring.
1.
to restore to assurance or confidence:
His praise reassured me.
2.
to again.
3.
to reinsure.
/ˌriːəˈʃʊə/
verb (transitive)
1.
to relieve (someone) of anxieties; restore confidence to
2.
another term for reinsure
n.

also re-assurance, 1610s, from reassure + -ance.
v.

“restore (someone) to confidence,” 1590s, from re- “back, again” + assure. Related: Reassured; reassuring.

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