Definitions
1.NounThe act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
2.NounSomething which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted."You're a man of strong assertions!"
3.NounA statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence."That's just a bare assertion."
4.NounMaintenance; vindication."the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives"
5.NounA statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
6.NounThe set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit.