1. (n.) The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

2. (n.) The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.

3. (n.) Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.

4. (n.) Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.

5. (n.) Betrothal; affiance.

6. (n.) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.

7. (n.) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.

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