reassurance.

Words, evidence, or actions that reduce someone’s worry or sense of threat.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• offer reassurance
• seek reassurance
• a need for reassurance

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The engineer’s clear explanation gave them some reassurance.

She sought reassurance that the evacuation route would remain open.

His promise sounded like reassurance, but he had not checked the locks.

Usage notes

Primary category: fear. Can be warranted or misleading; differs from proof of safety. Repeated reassurance may provide only temporary relief. Usually uncountable in this sense. Count plural: reassurances. Derived family (not additional inflections or records): reassure.