security assurance

[ si-kyoor-i-tee uh-shoor-uhns, uh-shur-uhns ]

noun

1. a position taken by a nuclear weapon state that is intended to provide appeasement to non-nuclear weapon states, framed as a pledge either to defend others in the event of nuclear attack or to not present the threat of nuclear attack. negative security assurance ( def ), positive security assurance ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of security assurance¹

First recorded in 1965–70