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Assertion

//əˈsɜːʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) wordnet
  3. 3
    Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted. countable, uncountable

    "You're a man of strong assertions!"

  4. 4
    the act of affirming or asserting or stating something wordnet
  5. 5
    A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence. countable, uncountable

    "That's just a bare assertion."

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  1. 6
    Maintenance; vindication. countable, uncountable

    "the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives"

  2. 7
    A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging. countable, uncountable

    "The user should be absolutely confident that the error issued is a real design error. In other words, a user should be confident that his assertion code is correct and that the assertion failure is not a false condition."

  3. 8
    The set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English assercioun, from Latin assertiō. By surface analysis, assert + -ion.

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