assert

Verb
  1. State categorically (synset 201018787)
    is a type of: insist, take a firm stand - be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
    subtypes:
    same as: asseverate, maintain
  2. To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true (synset 201013058)
    "Before God I swear I am innocent"
    is a type of: declare - state emphatically and authoritatively
    subtypes:
    • hold - assert or affirm
    • claim, take - lay claim to; as of an idea
    • attest - authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity
    • declare - state firmly
    • protest - affirm or avow formally or solemnly
    • assure, tell - inform positively and with certainty and confidence
    same as: affirm, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify
  3. Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized (synset 202378876)
    "Women should assert themselves more!"
    is a type of: acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport - behave in a certain manner
    same as: put forward
  4. Postulate positively and assertively (synset 200718950)
    "The letter asserts a free society"
    is a type of: posit, postulate - take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
    same as: insist

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