assertion
/əˈsɜɹʃən/ noun C1- The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
- Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted. · You're a man of strong assertions!
- A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence. · That's just a bare assertion.
- Maintenance; vindication. · the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives
- A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
- The set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.
Plural assertions
From the library
A HARE one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: “Though you be swift as the wind, I will beat you in a race.” The Hare, believing her assertion to be simply impossible, assented to the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox should choose the course and fix the goal.
Simply as a mental exercise, without any assertion that it is true, let me indicate a possible line of thought.
“I hate you--I hate you--I hate you--” a louder stamp with each assertion of hatred.
Anne’s “so there” was only intended to emphasize her assertion, but Marilla took it as a display of defiance.
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