assumption

noun7

1. •
   The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

   • Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
2. •
   The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

   • No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions. — 1976
3. •
   The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.

   • His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
4. •
   A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
5. •
   The taking of a person up into heaven.
6. •
   The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
7. •
   (rhetoric) Assumptio.