assertion

About 8.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
2. noun Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.

   You're a man of strong assertions!

3. noun A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.

   That's just a bare assertion.

4. noun Maintenance; vindication.

   the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives

5. noun A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
6. noun The set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.

Similar words

asseveration averment affirmation statement assert affirm affirming confirmation validation declaration

Often followed by

that of is and in by was to about

Word family

assertions