Assumption /(?; 215)/

As·sump·tion

Assumption

n.
  1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
    The assumption of authority.
  2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.
    This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of death to the resurrection of the body.
    — Thodey.
    That calm assumption of the virtues.
    — W. Black.
  3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
    Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong.
  4. The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism. (Logic)
  5. The taking of a person up into heaven. (Rom. Cath. & Greek Churches)