"reaffirmation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reaffirmations [plural]
Etymology: From re- + affirmation. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|affirmation}} re- + affirmation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reaffirmation (countable and uncountable, plural reaffirmations)
  1. An act of reaffirming; a second or subsequent affirmation. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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