present participle of affirm

The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.

plural of affirmant

The quality of being affirmable.

plural of affirming

(logic) A formal fallacy, committed by reasoning in the form: / If P, then Q. / Q. / Therefore, P.

(property law) Any structural change made to an estate in land that intentionally or negligently causes harm to the estate or depletes its resources, unless this depletion is a continuation of a pre-existing use.

Of or pertaining to Christian congregations and other Christian groups that accept gay men and women, bisexuals, and transgender people.

(law) A defense against a suit or criminal charge that asserts mitigating facts rather than contesting the main fact of the allegation.

(grammar) A sentence that affirms (rather than negates) a proposition.