affirmation

It might be the most powerful affirmation, and perhaps even a feminist or political statement, from any public person this year.

RAWIYA: Like you, I've been turning to Dave Chappelle for both levity and affirmation.

This book is apparently meant as an affirmation of that claim.

Greenwald says his time in New Zealand has been a “pure affirmation” of his role as a journalist.

Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield examines the negative connotation of the phrase and turns it into an affirmation.

If nothing is done during infancy inaction operates generally as an affirmation.

He was desired by the speaker to withdraw, as no affirmation could be made without the sanction of the house.

The motion to allow Mr. Pease to make his solemn affirmation in place of the usual oath was agreed to unanimously.

The oath itself was probably a development of the affirmation that has been used more than any other in the history of the world.

Such an affirmation was understood to raise the presumption of quality in the person who used it.