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presumption
(pr/I/'z/@/mp/S//@/n )

noun (n)

  • an assumption that is taken for granted(noun.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed(noun.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to(noun.attribute)
    source: wordnet30
  • a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming(noun.act)
    Example:
    His presumption was intolerable.
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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