1. (noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

• asseveration
• averment

2. (noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

• affirmation
• statement

1. (noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

• accusation
• charge
• affirmation
• avouchment
• avowal
• claim
• claim
• contention
• denial
• disaffirmation
• ipse dixit
• ipsedixitism
• testimony

2. (noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

• say-so

1. (noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

• declaration

2. (noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

• speech act

1. (noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

• affirm
• assert
• aver
• avow
• swan
• swear
• verify
• assert
• assert
• asseverate
• asseverate
• maintain
• maintain

2. (noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

• affirm
• affirm
• assert
• assert
• aver
• aver
• avow
• avow
• swan
• swan
• swear
• swear
• verify
• verify
• affirm
• assert
• insist
• posit
• put forward
• state
• submit
• say
• state
• tell