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Webster 1913 Edition


Assertion

As-ser′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
assertio
, fr.
asserere
.]
1.
The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
There is a difference between
assertion
and demonstration.
Macaulay.
2.
Maintenance; vindication;
as, the
assertion
of one’s rights or prerogatives
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Assertion

ASSER'TION

,
Noun.
1.
The act of asserting; the maintaining of a claim.
2.
Positive declaration or averment; affirmation; position advanced.

Definition 2024


assertion

assertion

English

Noun

assertion (plural assertions)

  1. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
    You're a man of strong assertions!
  2. Maintenance; vindication
    the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives
  3. (computing) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.

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assertion f (plural assertions)

  1. assertion