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averment

noun as in assertion

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Example Sentences

And the oath prescribed for them on returning was explicitly an averment of truth.

Neither in itself nor in its preamble was there an averment, or even an assumption of its necessity, as a rule of guidance.

The Ministerial averment answered no purpose, save to excite a general burst of disapprobation.

The resolutions in question were published in the city papers and can be referred to in substantiation of this averment.

A man's asking a passport for Baden would be a tacit averment, 'I am going to gamble.'

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to averment, such as: affirmation, allegation, asseveration, avouchment, declaration, and protestation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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