n. | 1. | The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. |
2. | Maintenance; vindication; |
Noun | 1. | assertion - a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) Synonyms: asseveration, averment |
2. | assertion - the act of affirming or asserting or stating something Synonyms: affirmation, statement |
(programming) | assertion - 1. An expression which, if false, indicates an
error. Assertions are used for debugging by catching
can't happen errors. 2. In logic programming, a new fact or rule added to the database by the program at run time. This is an extralogical or impure feature of logic programming languages. |