Antonyms for assertion


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-sur-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɜr ʃən


Definition of assertion

Origin :
  • early 15c., assercioun, from Middle French assertion (14c.) or directly from Late Latin assertionem (nominative assertio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin asserere "claim rights over something, state, maintain, affirm," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + serere "join" (see series). By "joining oneself" to a particular view, one "claimed" or "maintained" it.
  • noun declaration, positive statement
Example sentences :
  • But the older man would not permit the assertion to go uncontradicted.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Her assertion was disregarded as to the inability to change.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • He put his whole will into the assertion of guilt, to batter down the man's resistance.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • I'm inclined to question, furthermore, the assertion that these jewels were your mother's.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Donald had killed a man in the assertion of the first law of nature—self-preservation.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • Have you any proof to urge in support of your assertion that the prisoner did not touch it?
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • He had took out the right keys, and Jenkins could bear him out in the assertion.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Through the assertion of his mother's will, his own begins to awake.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • I cannot do this, but I make the assertion without the least shadow of doubt.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Nor are we disposed to recede from our assertion made in Sec.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

Synonyms for assertion

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