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presumption

noun

pre·​sump·​tion pri-ˈzəm(p)-shən How to pronounce presumption (audio)
1
: presumptuous attitude or conduct : audacity
2
a
: an attitude or belief dictated by probability : assumption
b
: the ground, reason, or evidence lending probability to a belief
3
: a legal inference as to the existence or truth of a fact not certainly known that is drawn from the known or proved existence of some other fact

Synonyms

Example Sentences

The trial was unfair from the beginning because there was no presumption of innocence. a defendant's right to a presumption of innocence
Recent Examples on the Web Coaches were thought to possess the most potent form of GDS, and some took advantage of the presumption. Tess Mcnulty, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 Esther went missing four years ago and has never been found, the presumption being that she was abducted. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2022 Now, if the court grants the Gladson's motion, the legal presumption of innocence for these four men would be restored. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2021 Nothing in the text of the 2018 criminal-justice bill altered that presumption, Justice Sotomayor said. Jan Wolfe, WSJ, 27 June 2022 Companies can in theory rebut that presumption, but the burden is heavy. Richard Vanderford, WSJ, 4 July 2022 The other thing would be the repercussions that come with assumption and presumption. Rebecca Theodore-vachon, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 May 2022 Although the presumption now is that this was done out of some leftist sense of equality, that was not the reason. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 5 July 2022 For Ellison, presumption is the gravest of critical sins, and humility the greatest of critical virtues. Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic, 5 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English presumpcioun, from Anglo-French presumption, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin praesumption-, praesumptio presumptuous attitude, from Latin, assumption, from praesumere

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of presumption was in the 13th century

Phrases Containing presumption

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