English-French translations for assertion

• affirmation
  Cette affirmation paraît inexacte. This assertion seems incorrect.
  La présidence fait sienne cette affirmation. The Presidency concurs with this assertion.
  Vous en arrivez même à une affirmation très contestable. You even make a very questionable assertion.
• assertion
  Après les assertions qui ont été faites, soyez patients. After the assertions that have been made, be patient.
  Cependant, cette assertion et cette allégation n’ont pas été prouvées. However, that assertion and allegation have not been proven.
  Bien des assertions et des allégations peuvent être émises et il existe bien des cas particuliers. Many assertions and allegations can be made, and there are indeed special cases.
• confirmation

Definition of assertion

• The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment
• A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence
• Maintenance; vindication
• A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging

Examples

• Youre a man of strong assertions!
• Thats just a bare assertion.
• the assertion of ones rights or prerogatives

Related words

• self-assertive
• assertiveness
• assertive
• self-assertion
• asserting
• assertively
• unassertive
• reassertion