asseveration

[uh-sev-uh-rey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of asseverating.

2. an emphatic assertion.

Other Word Forms

• asseverative adjective
• asseveratory adjective
• asseveratively adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of asseveration¹

First recorded in 1550–60, asseveration is from the Latin word assevērātiōn- (stem of assevērātiō ). See asseverate, -ion