reassurance

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

reassurance
    n 1: the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Reassurance \Re`as*sur"ance\ (r[=e]`[.a]*sh[udd]r"ans), n.
   1. Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated. --Prynne.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Law) Same as {Reinsurance}.
      [1913 Webster]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

REASSURANCE. When an insurer is desirous of lessening his liability, he may 
procure some other insurer to insure him from loss, for the insurance he has 
made this is called reassurance.

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "reassurance":
      aid and comfort, ascertainment, assurance, certification, check,
      checking, collation, comfort, condolence, confirmation,
      consolation, determination, easement, emboldening, encouragement,
      ensuring, establishment, heartening, inspiration, inspiriting,
      inspiritment, reassurement, relief, shred of comfort, solace,
      solacement, substantiation, support, sympathy, validation,
      verification

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