Meaning & use
reassurance
Words or actions intended to remove someone's doubts or fears and restore their confidence.
See it in a sentence
The doctor's calm reassurance helped ease the family's worry before the operation.
She needed a little reassurance before agreeing to give the speech in front of so many people.
A note on using this word
Reassurance focuses on relieving existing worry, while assurance more broadly means a confident promise or statement of certainty.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
doubt
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