əˈsərshən, -ə̄sh-, -əish- also aˈ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English assercioun, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French assertion, from Late Latin assertion-, assertio, from Latin, formal declaration of free or servile status, from assertus + -ion-, -io -ion
: the act of asserting or something that is asserted: as
a. archaic : a defense from attack
the assertion of a friend's character
b. : insistent and positive affirming, maintaining, or defending (as of a right or attribute)
an assertion of ownership
c. : a declaration that something is the case (as that a proposition is true or that a formula is a theorem in an axiomatized system)