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      assumption
      noun
      The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
      The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
      The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
      (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
      The taking of a person up into heaven.
      A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
      (rhetoric) Assumptio.
      A Christian holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary.
      The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma.
      Roots
      sumosumpt- · Latin · take up
      Synonyms for assumption
      supposalnsuppositionnpresumptionnpremisenpresuppositionnconjecturenhypothesisnsurmisevpostulationnpostulatevinferencenassertionnpositnpresumptuousnessnnotionnguessworkn
      Words related to assumption
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