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51affirmation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Positive assertion Nouns 1. (positive statement) affirmation, statement, allegation, assertion, predication, declaration, profession, proclamation, manifesto, averment. Informal, say so. See information …
52statement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. assertion, declaration, affirmation; report; bill, account. See accounting, speech. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of stating] Syn. utterance, comment, allegation, declaration, observation, remark,… …
53assertion — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. affirmation, statement, contention; see contention 2 , declaration 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. statement, declaration, affirmation, pronouncement, profession, proclamation, averment, claim, avowal. ANT.: denial,… …
54affirmation — n. 1. Assertion, declaration, asseveration, word, averment, protestation, avowal, allegation, saying, statement, pronouncement, announcement, predication, testimony, deposition. 2. Confirmation, ratification, approval, establishment, indorsement …
55colloquium — /kalowkwiyam/ One of the usual parts of the declaration in an action for slander. It is a general averment that the words complained of were spoken of and concerning the plaintiff, or concerning the extrinsic matters alleged in the inducement,… …
56disjunctive allegation — A statement in a pleading or indictment which expresses or charges a thing alternatively, with the conjunction or ; for instance, an averment that defendant murdered or caused to be murdered , etc., would be of this character. Disjunctive… …
57colloquium — /kalowkwiyam/ One of the usual parts of the declaration in an action for slander. It is a general averment that the words complained of were spoken of and concerning the plaintiff, or concerning the extrinsic matters alleged in the inducement,… …
58disjunctive allegation — A statement in a pleading or indictment which expresses or charges a thing alternatively, with the conjunction or ; for instance, an averment that defendant murdered or caused to be murdered , etc., would be of this character. Disjunctive… …
59asseveration — noun a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) • Syn: ↑assertion, ↑averment • Derivationally related forms: ↑asseverate, ↑aver (for: ↑averment), ↑assert …
60Affirmation — Af fir*ma tion, n. [L. affirmatio: cf. F. affirmation.] 1. Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; opposed to {negation} or… …
