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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
reassurance
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
give
▪ Watching the children together gave reassurance that childhood is not all one-upmanship and go-for-the-jugular.
▪ The gift of energy imparted by the young is stabilized and given reassurance by the quiet optimism of survivors.
▪ They emphasized that: They could give no reassurance for ten years or so.
▪ When we have resolved the matter we shall be in a position to give them all the reassurance they can ask.
▪ Today's reading, by Cardinal Newman, gives us the reassurance that there is a purpose in our lives.
▪ Make sure you give her as much reassurance as you can to help her feel secure.
▪ Another episode that gave him much reassurance was the time when Kate invited him in for tea at the Rectory.
▪ The counsellor needs to give continual reassurance of interest and concern.
need
▪ And Londoners need explanations and reassurance.
▪ I needed constant reassurance that I had not gained weight.
▪ It seemed to me that he needed reassurance, needed people other than Margot to believe in him.
▪ I needed reassurance from many colleagues that they too were thinking along the same lines.
▪ Scrambling to her feet, she pressed herself to Leo, needing the reassurance of his strong arms.
▪ These are part of the agenda for any discussion and the old person needs reassurance that such experience is recognised as important.
▪ The client may need reassurance that the standards the hotel claims to offer have been scrutinised by an independent body.
offer
▪ He smiled at her and, in offering her reassurance, broke the spell that held them.
▪ The reading for today offer us hope and reassurance.
▪ Your local branch will be able to offer advice and reassurance.
▪ You must be prepared to offer plenty of reassurance, therefore, at all stages in the process.
▪ These results, like those from Copenhagen, should offer reassurance to patients and their families.
▪ The Duke was offering bland reassurance about the scanty news of the day's skirmishes.
▪ Our results offer some reassurance on this issue as well.
▪ Instead of gloom and despair, he offered optimism and reassurance.
provide
▪ They don't provide much additional reassurance value, though, for a couple of reasons.
▪ It helps professionals do their jobs better by providing reassurance and guidance and direction and focus.
▪ So instead of providing reassurance, it raises doubts in customers' minds.
▪ But reading the reports can provide reassurance that nothing was held back.
▪ In the end, international supervision would provide the best reassurance.
▪ The shares are the recovery play in the sector, with the guarantee of future spares sales providing reassurance for the faint-hearted.
seek
▪ She looked into his eyes, into their endless blackness, seeking silent reassurance that he would inflict no more pain.
▪ The business community is also seeking reassurance that Labor is serious about tackling inflation.
▪ Now the Conservative Party, the markets and the country at large all desperately seek reassurance.
▪ I sought reassurance that Martina's number wasn't listed there.
▪ Horses also seek body contact for reassurance.
want
▪ Lorne wanted reassurance about his youthfulness, athleticism and general popularity.
▪ Lorne wanted reassurance about the nature of his role.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And Londoners need explanations and reassurance.
▪ And with that word of reassurance, Black tips his hat to Blue and continues on his way.
▪ Coming from the mayor, the reassurance was convincing.
▪ It seemed to me that he needed reassurance, needed people other than Margot to believe in him.
▪ Since each of these parties leant on the other for reassurance, relations between them will be soured as a result.
▪ The business community is also seeking reassurance that Labor is serious about tackling inflation.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reassurance

Reassurance \Re`as*sur"ance\ (r[=e]`[.a]*sh[udd]r"ans), n.

  1. Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated.
    --Prynne.

  2. (Law) Same as Reinsurance.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
reassurance

also re-assurance, 1610s, from reassure + -ance.

Wiktionary
reassurance

n. 1 the feeling of being reassured, of having confidence restored, of having apprehensions dispelled 2 the act of confirming someone's opinion or impression 3 (context legal dated English) reinsurance

WordNet
reassurance

n. the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence

Usage examples of "reassurance".

But Orogastus exerted his magical powers to steady the bridge, and bespoke the fronials in reassurance.

Niallan murmured, touching his shoulder in reassurance as they changed places on the Portal square.

To that roar of criticism and vilification, the Premier de Palikao and Governor Trochu publicly replied only by posting notices of feeble reassurance and pleas for patience.

At the hospital, his X ray had been misread and the three of us were sent home with reassurances, but Reamy and I knew so profoundly that something was wrong with our listless whispering child that we returned.

She had turned and looked down, as she always did when human complexities made her seek reassurance as to the worth of this world, on the shiny mud-flats, blue-veined with the running tides, and green marshes where the redshanks choired.

They had sex more often, for love or for reassurance or to end the occasional snappish quarrels, or because there was nothing constructive to be done.

At this reminder of food Nina glanced behind the bamboo screen into the minute kitchen and, for what must have been the tenth time this evening, counted on her fingers for reassurance: the wine-she needed to buy a book and learn something about wines-a white, to accompany the blackened fish, Portobello mushrooms, a platter of broiled vegetables, salad with sun-dried tomatoes and goat cheese, and for dessert, a tarte tatin, with cappuccino or espresso, whichever Keith might prefer.

Whitetip had leaped easily to the ground from the stone archway over the gates and now was at the place where the trailside fortifications ended, mindspeaking back to all of those whose minds could range him his personal reassurance that the way was clear, with no foemen to contest it.

Jondalar while they were traveling, and she sensed that he needed reassurance.

We are together, and this reassurance was all that kept her from losing her grasp on sanity in that terrifying aeon of unpassing, timeless nothingness.

Daydanda thought ruefully, as she issued rapid commands and reassurances, restoring order out of the sudden panic that the light had caused among the sensitive unpigmented wingless ones.

The child was certainly resourceful, Daydanda thought rue-fully, as she issued rapid commands and reassurances, restoring order out of the sudden panic that the light had caused among the sensitive unpigmented wingless ones.

He might compare the trustworthy goodness of Albus Dumbledore to the infinitely superior goodness of God the Father, stressing that we can find the same kind of reassurance in God, and godly mentors, that Harry finds in his headmaster.

It was obvious that Vita was physically healthy and emotionally sound, and that was an immeasurable reassurance.

She had hoped for reassurance, but Theophilus saw as well as she did what was happening to Atretes.