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presumption

Dictionary definition · presumption

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"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).