Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Affirmance \Af*firm"ance\, n. [Cf. OF. afermance.]
   1. Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable
      act.

            This statute . . . in affirmance of the common law.
                                                  --Bacon.

   2. A strong declaration; affirmation. --Cowper.