asseveration meaning

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asseveration (noun): a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).

Definition of asseveration

  1. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

    Synonyms: assertion, averment

    Type of: declaration

    Kinds: claim, accusation, contention, ipse dixit, avowal, testimony, denial

    Related forms: asseverate

Scrabble score: 15 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AS · words ending in ON · 12-letter words

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