"presumption" in the noun sense
1. given, presumption, precondition
an assumption that is taken for granted
2. presumption
law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed
3. presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption
audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
"he despised them for their presumptuousness"
4. presumption
a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
"his presumption was intolerable"
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