Reassurance: alternatives and connections

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Reassurance

Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated.

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reassure 74% connected

To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reassure 74% connected

To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Worrisome 66% connected

Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Worrisome 66% connected

Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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