English noun: averment | |||
1. | averment (communication) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) | ||
Synonyms | assertion, asseveration | ||
Broader (hypernym) | declaration | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accusation, affirmation, avouchment, avowal, charge, claim, claim, contention, denial, disaffirmation, ipse dixit, ipsedixitism, testimony | ||