Home › Words › R › reassurancereassurancereassurance means the feeling of being reassured, of having confidence restored, of having apprehensions dispelled.EtymologyFrom re- + assurance.nounThe feeling of being reassured, of having confidence restored, of having apprehensions dispelled.The act of confirming someone's opinion or impression.e.g.“"The PM’s private reassurances are worthless given her track record of u-turns and her clear desperation to cling to power."” — 2017 June 11, “DUP leader hails 'good progress' with Theresa May”, in The Scotsman, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2025:Reinsurance.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).