AVERMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

Synonyms:

assertion; asseveration; averment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("averment" is a kind of...):

declaration (a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "averment"):

claim (an assertion of a right (as to money or property))

claim (an assertion that something is true or factual)

accusation; charge (an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence)

contention (a point asserted as part of an argument)

ipse dixit; ipsedixitism (an unsupported dogmatic assertion)

affirmation; avouchment; avowal (a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something)

testimony (an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact)

denial; disaffirmation (the act of asserting that something alleged is not true)

Derivation:

aver (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true)