noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The quality of not being assertive. uncountable
2. 2
   The situation where one party holds intellectual property rights against another party, but does not enforce them. uncountable

   "a nonassertion covenant"

Etymology

From non- + assertion.

Related phrases

intellectual property

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