| NOUN | communication | averment, assertion, asseveration | a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) |
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| Meaning | A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary). | |
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| Synonyms | assertion, asseveration | |
| Narrower | accusation, charge | An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence |
| avowal, avouchment, affirmation | A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | |
| claim | An assertion of a right (as to money or property) | |
| claim | An assertion that something is true or factual | |
| contention | A point asserted as part of an argument | |
| denial, disaffirmation | The act of asserting that something alleged is not true | |
| ipse dixit, ipsedixitism | An unsupported dogmatic assertion | |
| testimony | An assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact | |
| Broader | declaration | A statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) |
| Spanish | afirmación, aserción, aseveración | |
| Catalan | asserció, asseveració | |
| Verbs | aver | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true |
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