- assertion, averment, asseveration - a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
--1 is a kind of declaration
--1 has particulars:claim; claim; accusation, charge; contention; ipse dixit, ipsedixitism; avowal, avouchment, affirmation; testimony; denial Derived form: verb assert1 - affirmation, assertion, statement - the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
--2 is a kind of speech act
--2 has particulars: say-soDerived forms: verb assert2, verb assert4