Affirmation, declaration (9)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">affirmation</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">declaration</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(assertion is a kind of declaration)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for assertion that I've seen before include "Claim" , "Notarises (anag)" , "Emphatic declaration" , "Confident statement of fact" , "Confident declaration" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">affirmation</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">declaration</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(avowal is a kind of declaration)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for avowal that I've seen before include "Affirmation" , "Open assertation" , "Statement" , "Positive declaration" , "Frank confession" .)