asserting
verb
Definitions
To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
Example: He would often assert that there was life on other planets.
To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
Example: Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.
To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to
Example: to assert our rights and liberties
To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.
noun
Definitions
The act of making assertions.