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affirmance

noun/əˈfɜːməns/

C2CEFR level
88/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The election to keep a contract on foot despite having grounds to end it.

His continued acceptance of benefits amounted to an affirmance, extinguishing any right to rescind.

Similar: affirmation, ratification

Topic: Contracts in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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