Asphalia (as-fay’-li-a): Offering oneself as a guarantee, usually for another.
If my brother can’t come through for you, take it out on me–he’s too young and too idealistic to take that kind of hit.
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).
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