"asseveration" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: declaration - a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
subtypes:
- claim - an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
- claim - an assertion that something is true or factual
- accusation, charge - an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- contention - a point asserted as part of an argument
- ipse dixit, ipsedixitism - an unsupported dogmatic assertion
- affirmation, avouchment, avowal - a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
- testimony - an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact
- denial, disaffirmation - the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
same as: assertion, averment