1. (n.) The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

2. (n.) Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.

Parthian shot a priori principle address admission affidavit affirmance affirmation allegation announcement annunciation answer apostrophe apriorism asseveration assumed position assumption attest attestation averment avouchment avowal axiom basis categorical proposition comment compurgation conclusion confirmation contention crack creed data declaration deposition dictum disclosure enunciation exclamation expression first principles foundation greeting ground hypothesis hypothesis ad hoc insistence instrument in proof interjection ipse dixit legal evidence lemma major premise manifesto mention minor premise note observation philosopheme philosophical proposition phrase position position paper positive declaration postulate postulation postulatum predicate predication premise presupposition proclamation profession pronouncement proposition propositional function protest protestation question reflection remark representation say say-so saying sentence stance stand statement subjoinder sumption supposal sworn evidence sworn statement sworn testimony testimonial testimonium testimony theorem thesis thought truth table truth-function truth-value utterance vouch witness word