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Webster 1913 Edition

(rēˊȧ-shṳr′ans)

Noun.

Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated.

Prynne.

(Law)

Same as

Noun.

[See Sure and Assurance.]

A second assurance against loss; or the assurance of property by an underwriter, to relieve himself from a risk he has taken.

See also: réassurance

reassurance ‎(plural reassurances)

the feeling of being reassured, of having confidence restored, of having apprehensions dispelled
the act of confirming someone's opinion or impression
(law, dated) reinsurance