What is most closely the meaning of assured in the following passage (paragraph 39)? Yes, these questions are still in my mind. In deep disappointment I have wept over the laxity of the church. But be assured that my tears have been tears of love. There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. Yes, I love the church. How could I do otherwise? I am in the rather unique position of being the son, the grandson and the great grandson of preachers. Yes, I see the church as the body of Christ. But, oh! How we have blemished and scarred that body through social neglect and through fear of being nonconformists.
Answer choices for the above question

A. | adjective | confident
Correct. Dr. King wants readers to be confident that his tears “have been tears of love.”

B. | adjective | protected against change
Incorrect. This does not make sense in the context of the passage.

C. | verb | to dispel doubts
Incorrect. This is not the correct part of speech.

D. | verb | make something certain to happen
Incorrect. This does not make sense in the context of the passage, nor is it the correct part of speech.

the correct answer is A