securancen.
/sᵻˈkjʊərəns/, /sᵻˈkjʊərn̩s/, /sᵻˈkjɔːrəns/, /sᵻˈkjɔːrn̩s/, U.S. /səˈkjʊ(ə)rəns/ Now rare.
The action or means of securing, acquiring, or protecting; assurance, security.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > [noun]
sickernessc1100
sickerty1405
sureness1419
surety1453
certitude1597
securancec1642
the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [noun]
lissOE
carelessnessc1000
restOE
peacea1225
ease?c1225
bielda1300
quietc1330
heartseasea1393
suretya1413
securitya1425
secureness1550
serenity1599
assecurance1616
euthymy1623
sereneness1628
levitya1631
repose1652
untroublednessa1660
serenitude1672
serene1744
securance1849
c1642 Contra-Replicant's Compl. 22 If the Parliament will undertake to secure the King,..what must that securance be?
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Great Myst. Godliness (1659) x. 45 For the securance of thy Resurrection,..thou hadst spent forty dayes upon earth.
1768 J. G. Smith tr. John Charles May's Commerc.-lett. lxxvi. 152 You sent Mr. Rippel a remittance for 8000. Livres, by the last post for his securance.
1849 R. W. Landis Liberty's Triumph iii. 54 What securance have we, sir, against Oppression such, if once we but concede The claim contested?
1870 E. Mulford Nation vi. 83 It is only with care and steadiness and tenacity of purpose that those guaranties are forged which are the securance of freedom.
1908 Protestant Observer Dec. 182/2 Some provision for the securance of Catholic representation on the Senate at the end of the first five years.
2001 Credit Union Jrnl. (Nexis) 19 Nov. 33 Full legal search and screening and trademark ‘securance’... to ensure that the final candidates [for a company name] aren't being used elsewhere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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