a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand

a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

( religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath ( if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds)

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.

A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.

The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; - opposed to negation or denial.

An assertion or declaration which confirms or ratifies.

Act of asserting: that which is affirmed: a solemn declaration.

Act of affirming; solemn declaration.

A solemn declaration; statement.

The act of affirming; that which is asserted; confirmation; a solemn declaration, made under penalties, by one who conscientiously declines taking an oath.

The act of asserting as true; a solemn declaration.

Affirmation of the Consequent. – Deductive Logic by St. George Stock

Energy of affirmation does not always mean strength of conviction, but sometimes only cleverness or effrontery. – Introduction to the Study of History by Charles V. Langlois Charles Seignobos

We thus arrive at a judgment free from all reflection, to an affirmation without any mixture of negation, to an immediate intuition, the legitimate child of the natural energy of thought, like the inspiration of the poet, the instinct of the hero, the enthusiasm of the prophet. – Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin

The Oxford heavy- weight replied much to the same purpose, without the preliminary affirmation. – Rowing by Rudolf Chambers Lehmann

In dispensation, not in possession, lies the secret of enjoyment; a fact which nature illustrates in a thousand ways, and to which every man's experience gives affirmation. – All's for the Best by T. S. Arthur

Nouns, in one form, represent one of a kind, and in another, any number more than one; they are the names of males, or females, or of objects which are neither male nor female; and they represent the subject of an affirmation, a command or a question,- the owner or possessor of a thing,- or the object of an action, or of a relation expressed by a preposition. – How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin

Yet this delusion of Zola's and its affirmation resulted in no end of misunderstanding. – Entire PG Edition of The Works of William Dean Howells by William Dean Howells

It is odd that Bernard Shaw's chief error or insensibility should have been the instrument of his noblest affirmation. – George Bernard Shaw by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Her mind flashed now and then to Bruce; she saw him in prison; she saw not only his certain defeat on the morrow, but she saw him crushed and ruined for life as far as a career in Westville was concerned; and though she bravely tried to master her feeling, the throbbing anguish with which she looked upon his fate was affirmation of how poignant and deep- rooted was her love. – Counsel for the Defense by Leroy Scott

Two years later a general Affirmation Bill was carried on the motion of Bradlaugh, and became law. – The Rise of the Democracy by Joseph Clayton

This did not mean that affirmation was usually approached by denial of every possible negation. – When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

Her eyes were blurred with tears, but she nodded in affirmation. – Then I'll Come Back to You by Larry Evans

He makes a slow sign of affirmation with his head. – Pélléas and Mélisande by Maurice Maeterlinck

" Do ye all," said Lanfranc, turning round, " hear his affirmation?" – The Rival Heirs being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune by A. D. Crake

Does he not say that, in spite of all his proof, he will not even hazard an affirmation of the phenomena? – The Shadow World by Hamlin Garland

In 1715, the English law had granted them the perpetual privilege of substituting affirmation for oath. – The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by M. Louise Greene, Ph. D.