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    AVERMENT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)play

    Synonyms:

    assertion; asseveration; averment

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("averment" is a kind of...):

    declaration (a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written))

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "averment"):

    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)

    Derivation:

    aver (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true)

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