Connotation: alternatives and connections

expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority"

Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold,…

The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; somethi…

That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment

Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.

The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of infe…

The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess "the…

A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye,…

To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.

The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premi…

To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent.

Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of…

An opinion, example, or statement, laid down or asserted; a declaration.

The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.