Results for assertion

Definitions of assertion:

part of speech: noun

The act of asserting; an affirmation.

part of speech: noun

The act of declaring positively; that which is affirmed; a positive declaration without proof; an unsupported statement.

Usage examples for assertion:

• Then at a sudden remembrance of the captain's assertion that he had sought and obtained her grandfather's permission to offer her his hand, " Oh, grandpa, why did you let him?" "Grandmother Elsie", Martha Finley

• Of that assertion you may be as confident as of the last. "Plato's Republic", Plato

• Mrs. Bailey had closed the question for the time being with the rather vague assertion I should hope so." "The Ridin' Kid from Powder River", Henry Herbert Knibbs

• Perhaps you'll explain your assertion a little more fully? "The Altar Steps", Compton MacKenzie