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  • 1assured belief — index conviction (persuasion) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2assured — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Certain] Syn. sure, undoubted, guaranteed; see certain 3 . 2. [Confident] Syn. self possessed, bold, unhesitating; see confident 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. guaranteed sure, certain, secure. 2.confident self… …

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  • 3Assured — Assure As*sure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assuring}.] [OF. ase[ u]rer, F. assurer, LL. assecurare; L. ad + securus secure, sure, certain. See {Secure}, {Sure}, and cf. {Insure}.] 1. To make sure or certain; to render… …

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  • 4Church of Christ (Assured Way) — The Church of Christ with the Elijah Message (The Assured Way of the Lord) Church of Christ (Assured Way) meetinghouse and headquarters in Independence, Missouri Classification Latter Day Saint movement …

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  • 5self-assured — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. self confident, assured, certain; see confident 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. confident, self confident, sure of oneself, cocky, *full of oneself, secure, self possessed, cool. ANT.: insecure, lacking self esteem …

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  • 6conviction — con·vic·tion n 1: the act or process of convicting; also: the final judgment entered after a finding of guilt a prior conviction of murder would not overturn the conviction compare acquittal ◇ Jurisdictions differ as to what constitutes… …

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  • 7conviction — n. 1. Proof of guilt, detection in guilt. 2. Confutation, refutation. 3. Persuasion, convincing. 4. Firm persuasion, settled belief, assured belief, ascertained principle …

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  • 8international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 9Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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