n. 25B6; noun
an informed assumption : SUPPOSITION, presumption, belief, expectation, conjecture, speculation, surmise, guess, premise, hypothesis; conclusion, deduction, inference, notion, impression.
her assumption of ease : PRETENCE, simulation, affectation.
the early assumption of community obligation : ACCEPTANCE, shouldering, tackling, undertaking.
the assumption of power by revolutionaries : SEIZURE, arrogation, appropriation, expropriation, commandeering, confiscation, hijacking, wresting.