Meanings
nounreaffirmance (countable and uncountable, plural reaffirmances)
plural reaffirmances
- countableuncountablelawA second or subsequent affirmance; a reaffirmation.First known use 17th c.
[B]oth the one and the other were nothing more than a re-affirmance of the still more antient standing law of the kingdom.
1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 32
Origin
From re- + affirmance, after reaffirm.
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reaffirmance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reaffirmance
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