A serious and earnest statement or assertion, often repeated for emphasis or to convince others of its truth.
From Latin asseveratio, from asseverare (to assert seriously). The noun form developed in Middle English to describe the act of making emphatic declarations.
In the age before lie detectors and recordings, asseveration was how honest people proved themselves—the strength and repetition of their words became the evidence.
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