Meanings
plural affidavits
- lawA signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
He submitted his affidavit rather than appearing to testify in court.
3 more examples
Lee's case is urgent. He has to file an immediate affidavit that he is suffering from bubonic plague to avoid eviction from the house he has occupied ten years without paying the rent.
1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 170All lifters were certified by affidavit and polygraph to be steroid free.
1984 December 8, “Pressing Records”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 21, page 2“Trump and Vance have knowingly spread a false and dangerous narrative by claiming that Springfield, Ohio’s Haitian community is criminally killing and eating neighbors’ dogs and cats, and killing and eating geese,” the affidavit reads.
2024 September 24, Adria R Walker, “Haitian immigrant group calls for arrest warrants for Trump and Vance in Ohio”, in The GuardianSynonyms: sworn statement, deposition, oath, testimony
present singular third person affidavits · participle present affidaviting · participle past affidavited · past affidavited
- lawTo swear by such a document.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeydʰ-“to command, to persuade, to trust”
- Medieval Latinaffidavit“he has sworn”
- Englishaffidavit
From Medieval Latin affidavit (“he has sworn”), the third person singular perfect tense of affido (“swear”), from fīdō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Cognate to fidelity and faith (same Latin root), but not to affirm (shared Latin ad- prefix, but different Latin and Proto-Indo-European roots).
More words from Medieval Latin, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan afidàvit
- afidàvitlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Chinese Mandarin 宣誓書 /宣誓书
- 宣誓書 /宣誓书 (xuānshìshū)legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Czech čestné prohlášení
- čestné prohlášenílegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Danish erklæring, skriftligt udsagn
- erklæringlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- skriftligt udsagnlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Dutch affidavit, beëdigde verklaring
- affidavitlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- beëdigde verklaringlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Esperanto afidavito
- afidavitolegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Finnish valaehtoinen kirjallinen todistus
- valaehtoinen kirjallinen todistuslegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
French affidavit, attestation sur l'honneur
- affidavitlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- attestation sur l'honneurlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
German eidesstattliche Versicherung, eidesstattliche Erklärung
- eidesstattliche Versicherunglegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- eidesstattliche Erklärunglegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- Versicherung an Eides stattlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Greek ένορκη γραπτή κατάθεση
- ένορκη γραπτή κατάθεση (énorki graptí katáthesi)legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Hebrew תצהיר
- תצהיר (tatshir)legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Hindi हलफ़नामा
- हलफ़नामा (halafnāmā)legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Hungarian eskü alatt tett írásbeli nyilatkozat, eskünyilatkozat
- eskü alatt tett írásbeli nyilatkozatlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- eskünyilatkozatlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Icelandic eiðsvarin yfirlýsing, skrifleg yfirlýsing
- eiðsvarin yfirlýsinglegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- skrifleg yfirlýsinglegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- eiðfest yfirlýsinglegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Indonesian dokumen sah, afidavit
- dokumen sahlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- afidavitlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Japanese 宣誓供述書, 供述書
- 宣誓供述書 (sensei kyōjutsusho)legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- 供述書 (kyōjutsusho)legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Korean 선서진술서
- 선서진술서 (seonseojinsulseo)legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Malay afidavit
- afidavitlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Polish affidavit
- affidavitlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Portuguese affidavit
- affidavitlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Romanian afidavit
- afidavitlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Russian аффиде́вит, аффидави́т
- аффиде́вит (affidɛ́vit)legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- аффидави́т (affidavít)legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- пи́сьменное показа́ние под прися́гой (písʹmennoje pokazánije pod prisjágoj)legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Spanish declaración jurada, affidávit
- declaración juradalegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- affidávitlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- afidávitlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
- affidavitlegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Tagalog sinumpaang salaysay
- sinumpaang salaysaylegal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Urdu حلف نامہ
- حلف نامہ (half nāmah)legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with affidavit
All rhymes →Cite this entry
affidavit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affidavit
“affidavit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affidavit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affidavit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affidavit.
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