pre|sump|tion

pre|sump|tion
pre|sump|tion «prih ZUHMP shuhn», noun.
1. unpleasant boldness: »

It is presumption to go to a party when one has not been invited.

SYNONYM(S): forwardness, effrontery.
2. a) a thing taken for granted; assumption; supposition: »

As his mouth was sticky, the presumption was that he had eaten the cake. The innocence of the accused is a necessary presumption under American law.

 b) Law. an inference that something not known to be true is a fact, based on the proved existence of some other fact.
3. a cause or reason for presuming; probability: »

The more he disliked a thing the greater the presumption that it was right (Samuel Butler).

4. the act of presuming: »

This is a matter that concerns myself only, and it is presumption on his part to interfere in it (W. H. Hudson).

╂[< Latin praesumptiō, -ōnis < praesūmere presume]

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