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Noun presumption has 4 senses
- given, presumption, precondition - an assumption that is taken for granted
--1 is a kind of assumption, supposition, supposal
- presumption - (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed
--2 is a kind of inference, illation
- presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption - audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
--3 is a kind of audacity, audaciousness
--3 has particulars: uppityness, uppishness
- presumption - a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; "his presumption was intolerable"
--4 is a kind of discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity
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