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affidavit

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
20
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/
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/ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/ · /-ævɪt/

Definition of affidavit

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
    “He submitted his affidavit rather than appearing to testify in court.”
    “Lee's case is urgent. He has to file an immediate affidavit that he is suffering from bubonic plague to avoid eviction from the house he has occupied ten years without paying the rent.”
    “All lifters were certified by affidavit and polygraph to be steroid free.”
    ““Trump and Vance have knowingly spread a false and dangerous narrative by claiming that Springfield, Ohio’s Haitian community is criminally killing and eating neighbors’ dogs and cats, and killing and eating geese,” the affidavit reads.”
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noun

  1. A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
    “He submitted his affidavit rather than appearing to testify in court.”
    “Lee's case is urgent. He has to file an immediate affidavit that he is suffering from bubonic plague to avoid eviction from the house he has occupied ten years without paying the rent.”
    “All lifters were certified by affidavit and polygraph to be steroid free.”
    ““Trump and Vance have knowingly spread a false and dangerous narrative by claiming that Springfield, Ohio’s Haitian community is criminally killing and eating neighbors’ dogs and cats, and killing and eating geese,” the affidavit reads.”

verb

  1. To swear by such a document.

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin affidavit (“he has sworn”), the third person singular perfect tense of affido (“swear”), from fīdō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Cognate to fidelity and faith (same Latin root), but not to affirm (shared Latin ad- prefix, but different Latin and Proto-Indo-European roots).

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