assumption

  1. Noun.  The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
  2. Noun.  The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
  3. Noun.  The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
  4. Noun.  (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
  5. Noun.  The taking of a person up into heaven.
  6. Noun.  A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
  7. Noun.  (rhetoric) Assumptio.

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