A formal, solemn, or emphatic affirmation of a fact, opinion, or resolution; a (public) declaration, typically made in response to an explicit…

An assertion, declaration, or positive statement; the words in which anything is asserted.

Something which affirms; an affirmative word, statement, or proposition; an affirmative reply.

Any common asseveration.

A solemn, formal, or emphatic declaration or affirmation; an avowal; = protestation, n. 1. Obsolete.

A positive statement; a declaration, averment. †head assertion (obsolete): a fundamental principle, an axiom.

That which is asseverated; a solemn or emphatic declaration or assertion.

Scots Law. An allegation on which a plea was based. Cf. narrative, n. 1b. Obsolete.

An asseveration.

The action of protest, v. (in various senses); solemn declaration; objection, esp. (later) as expressed in a public demonstration; (also) an…

A declaration or assertion. Cf. edipol, n.

An assertion, allegation, or declaration; a formal statement or attestation of truth or fact. Now chiefly colloquial.

An avouchment or assertion. Obsolete. rare.

A positive statement, assertion, or declaration.