Bible Dictionaries
Assertion

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

(2):

(n.) Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Assertion'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/assertion.html. 1828.