Definitions for assertion

assertion as·ser·tion

Spelling: [uh-sur-shuh n]
IPA: /əˈsɜr ʃən/

Assertion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 846 anagrams from letters in assertion (aeinorsst).

Definitions for assertion

noun

  1. a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
  2. an act of asserting.

Origin of assertion

1375-1425; late Middle English assercion Latin assertiōn- (stem of assertiō). See assert, -ion

Examples for assertion

That assertion, given by Shore in a pre-trial deposition, would have been too prejudicial to present to the jury, the court ruled.

Using both my real name and a Wikipedia han­dle, I deleted the assertion from the article, only to watch it reappear.

Donald had killed a man in the assertion of the first law of nature—self-preservation.

She then concluded with the assertion that, “The story and the characters of Girl Online are mine.”

But the older man would not permit the assertion to go uncontradicted.

I'm inclined to question, furthermore, the assertion that these jewels were your mother's.

Then there's the assertion that you should count stock and pension benefits.

He put his whole will into the assertion of guilt, to batter down the man's resistance.

Initially, some media outlets reported the police's assertion that the bombs were simply smoke grenades.

Her assertion was disregarded as to the inability to change.

Word Value for assertion
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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