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presumption

/pɹɪzˈʌmpʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

  1. an assumption that is taken for granted
  2. (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed
  3. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
    “he despised them for their presumptuousness”
  4. a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
    “his presumption was intolerable”

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