Assertion

n.	1.	The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced. There is a difference between assertion and demonstration. - Macaulay.
	2.	Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.

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.

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