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Entry 7 senses Webster, 1913

Assurance

/əsh-o͝or'-əns/ · As·sur·ance · IPA /əˈʃʊɹəns/
01 n. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
  1. 1.
    The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
    “Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” — Acts xvii. 31.
    “Assurances of support came pouring in daily.” — Macaulay.
  2. 2.
    The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
    “Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.” — Heb. x. 22.
  3. 3.
    Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
    “Brave men meet danger with assurance.” — Knolles.
    “Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance.” — Locke.
  4. 4.
    Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.
  5. 5.
    Betrothal; affiance.[Obs.]
  6. 6.
    Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.
  7. 7.
    Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.(Law)