"assurance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈʃʊɹəns/ [General-American], /əˈʃɝəns/ [General-American], /əˈʃʊəɹəns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈʃɔːɹəns/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-assurance.ogg Forms: assurances [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊəɹəns Etymology: From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure + -ance. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|assuraunce}} Middle English assuraunce, {{der|en|fro|asseurance|asseürance}} Old French asseürance, {{suffix|en|assure|ance}} assure + -ance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} assurance (countable and uncountable, plural assurances)
  1. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of assuring): уверение (uverenie) (Bulgarian), forsikring [common-gender] (Danish), vakuutus (Finnish), Zusicherung [feminine] (German), Versicherung [feminine] (German), Zusage [feminine] (German), Beteuerung [feminine] (German), Vergewisserung [feminine] (German), Zuspruch [masculine] (German), Versprechen [neuter] (German), Garantie [feminine] (German), kupu tūturu (Maori), forsikring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forsikring [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), asseguração [feminine] (Portuguese), завере́ние (zaverénije) [neuter] (Russian), увере́ние (uverénije) [neuter] (Russian), gealltanas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), promesa [feminine] (Spanish), garantía [feminine] (Spanish), భరోసా (bharōsā) (Telugu), garanti (Turkish), запе́внення (zapévnennja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-assurance-en-noun-LZTgF8SJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 31 14 0 2 28 10 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 13 28 17 1 5 23 9 4 Disambiguation of 'the act of assuring': 89 3 1 0 2 1 3 2
  2. The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being assured): увереност (uverenost) (Bulgarian), самоувереност (samouverenost) (Bulgarian), aplombo (Esperanto), varmuus (Finnish), itsevarmuus (Finnish), assurance (French), Gewissheit [feminine] (German), Zuversicht [feminine] (German), Zuversichtlichkeit [feminine] (German), Vertrauen [neuter] (German), Sicherheit [feminine] (German), urrúsacht [feminine] (Irish), confīdentia [feminine] (Latin), garantia [feminine] (Portuguese), assegurado [masculine] (Portuguese), confianza [feminine] (Spanish), certeza [feminine] (Spanish), aplomo [masculine] (Spanish), güven (Turkish), впе́вненість (vpévnenistʹ) (Ukrainian), самовпе́вненість (samovpévnenistʹ) (Ukrainian)
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  3. Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (firmness of mind): itsevarmuus (Finnish), assurance (French), Zuversicht [feminine] (German), Mut [masculine] (German), Selbstsicherheit [feminine] (German), Sicherheit [feminine] (German), Selbstvertrauen [neuter] (German), segurança (Portuguese), certidumbre [feminine] (Spanish), özgüven (Turkish), впе́вненість (vpévnenistʹ) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-assurance-en-noun-RvveJFef Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 31 14 0 2 28 10 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 13 28 17 1 5 23 9 4 Disambiguation of 'firmness of mind': 2 2 93 0 1 1 0 0
  4. Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (excess of boldness): самоувереност (samouverenost) (Bulgarian), itsevarmuus (Finnish), culot [masculine] (French), Vermessenheit [feminine] (German), Selbstsicherheit [feminine] (German), Verwegenheit [feminine] (German), Dreistigkeit [feminine] (German), Anmaßung [feminine] (German), Frechheit [feminine] (German), confianza [feminine] (Spanish), самовпе́вненість (samovpévnenistʹ) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-assurance-en-noun-ehwX8twS Disambiguation of 'excess of boldness': 1 2 32 59 2 2 1 1
  5. (obsolete) Betrothal; affiance. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-assurance-en-noun--kQPHGy~
  6. (insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Insurance Translations (insurance): застраховка (zastrahovka) (Bulgarian), forsikring [common-gender] (Danish), asekuro (Esperanto), vakuutus (Finnish), assurance [feminine] (French), Lebensversicherungsvertrag [masculine] (German), Versicherung [feminine] (German), Lebensversicherung [feminine] (German), asekuro (Ido), forsikring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forsikring [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), seguro [masculine] (Portuguese), garantia [feminine] (Portuguese), asigurare [feminine] (Romanian), aseguración [feminine] (Spanish), гара́нтія (harántija) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-assurance-en-noun-~SOekRrx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 31 14 0 2 28 10 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 13 28 17 1 5 23 9 4 Topics: business, insurance Disambiguation of 'insurance': 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
  7. (law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property): kauppakirja (Finnish), Übertragungsurkunde [feminine] (German), Grundstückskaufvertrag [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-assurance-en-noun-~weicm~S Topics: law Disambiguation of 'any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property': 1 3 2 0 1 3 89 1
  8. (theology) Subjective certainty of one's salvation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Theology
    Sense id: en-assurance-en-noun-8i3SlbI0 Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: assuraunce [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "fr:Insurance"
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      "word": "assurances"
    },
    {
      "word": "blessed assurance"
    },
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      "word": "decreasing term assurance"
    },
    {
      "word": "endowment assurance"
    },
    {
      "word": "increasing term assurance"
    },
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      "word": "information assurance"
    },
    {
      "word": "level term assurance"
    },
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      "word": "life assurance"
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      "word": "nonassurance"
    },
    {
      "word": "preassurance"
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    {
      "word": "quality assurance"
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      "word": "reassurance"
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    {
      "word": "self-assurance"
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    {
      "word": "software assurance"
    },
    {
      "word": "term assurance"
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      "word": "unassurance"
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 17:31:",
          "text": "Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.",
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          "ref": "1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 9, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Assurances of support came pouring in daily.",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 10:22:",
          "text": "Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.",
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          "ref": "1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:",
          "text": "the affairs of the Tarkish camp together with assurance",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1693, [John Locke], “§70”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Conversation, when they come into the world, soon gives them a becoming assurance",
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        },
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          "ref": "1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]His air, of self-confident assurance, seemed that of a man well used to having his own way.",
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          "text": "His assurance is intolerable.",
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          "ref": "1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume I, chapter 7:",
          "text": "You confined to the society of the illiterate and vulgar all your life! I wonder how the young man could have the assurance to ask it. He must have a pretty good opinion of himself.",
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      "glosses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "Betrothal; affiance."
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        "(obsolete) Betrothal; affiance."
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        "Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited."
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        "(insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited."
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        "insurance"
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          "ref": "1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:",
          "text": "the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom.",
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        "(law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed."
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        "(theology) Subjective certainty of one's salvation."
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      "ipa": "/əˈʃɝəns/",
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        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/əˈʃɔːɹəns/",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uverenie",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "word": "уверение"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "forsikring"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "word": "vakuutus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zusicherung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Versicherung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zusage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beteuerung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vergewisserung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zuspruch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Versprechen"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Garantie"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "word": "kupu tūturu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "word": "kupu tūturu"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "forsikring"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "forsikring"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asseguração"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaverénije",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "завере́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "uverénije",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "увере́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gealltanas"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "promesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "garantía"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bharōsā",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "word": "భరోసా"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "word": "garanti"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapévnennja",
      "sense": "the act of assuring",
      "word": "запе́внення"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uverenost",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "word": "увереност"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "samouverenost",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "word": "самоувереност"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "word": "aplombo"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "word": "varmuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "word": "itsevarmuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "word": "assurance"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gewissheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zuversicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zuversichtlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Vertrauen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sicherheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "urrúsacht"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "confīdentia"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "garantia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assegurado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "confianza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "certeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "aplomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "word": "güven"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vpévnenistʹ",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "word": "впе́вненість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samovpévnenistʹ",
      "sense": "the state of being assured",
      "word": "самовпе́вненість"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "firmness of mind",
      "word": "itsevarmuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "firmness of mind",
      "word": "assurance"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "firmness of mind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zuversicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "firmness of mind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "firmness of mind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Selbstsicherheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "firmness of mind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sicherheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "firmness of mind",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Selbstvertrauen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "firmness of mind",
      "word": "segurança"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "firmness of mind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "certidumbre"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "firmness of mind",
      "word": "özgüven"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vpévnenistʹ",
      "sense": "firmness of mind",
      "word": "впе́вненість"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "samouverenost",
      "sense": "excess of boldness",
      "word": "самоувереност"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excess of boldness",
      "word": "itsevarmuus"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "excess of boldness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "culot"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excess of boldness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Vermessenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excess of boldness",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excess of boldness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verwegenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excess of boldness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dreistigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excess of boldness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anmaßung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excess of boldness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Frechheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excess of boldness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "confianza"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samovpévnenistʹ",
      "sense": "excess of boldness",
      "word": "самовпе́вненість"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zastrahovka",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "word": "застраховка"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "forsikring"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "word": "asekuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "word": "vakuutus"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "assurance"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lebensversicherungsvertrag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Versicherung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lebensversicherung"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "word": "asekuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forsikring"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forsikring"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seguro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "garantia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asigurare"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aseguración"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "harántija",
      "sense": "insurance",
      "word": "гара́нтія"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property",
      "word": "kauppakirja"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Übertragungsurkunde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Grundstückskaufvertrag"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "assurance"
  ],
  "word": "assurance"
}

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