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Noun
S:
(n)
given
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presumption
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precondition
(an assumption that is taken for granted)
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sister term
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
presumption
((law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed)
S:
(n)
presumption
,
presumptuousness
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effrontery
,
assumption
(audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to)
"he despised them for their presumptuousness"
S:
(n)
presumption
(a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming)
"his presumption was intolerable"