affirmation vs declination

affirmation

noun
  • A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion. 

  • That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true. 

  • The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath. 

declination

noun
  • At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north. 

  • A refusal. 

  • At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane. 

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