PRESUMPTION

• (noun) a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming

  "his presumption was intolerable"

• (noun) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

  "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

  synonyms : assumption , effrontery , presumptuousness

  The grandparents were afraid of meena's effrontery. -added by priyavanjeri

  He had the effrontery to claim he was the son of God and the king of the Jews. -added by Administrator

• (noun) (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

• (noun) an assumption that is taken for granted

  synonyms : given , precondition

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