assertion
- Noun. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
- Noun. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
- Noun. (computing) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
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