letter of comfort
Americannoun
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L1 has been seeking a letter of comfort from the government to make sure its newly acquired assets in the North Sea are not seized if additional sanctions are imposed on Russia.
From Reuters • Feb. 28, 2015
The press were seeking to resolve concerns about external control that through a "letter of comfort".
From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2013
I shall always love Dr. Luther for writing him a letter of comfort when he was dying, despised and forsaken even by his own party.
From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle
In a letter of comfort, dated April 30, 1531, Luther refers to the fact that he, too, had passed through temptation concerning predestination.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
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