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Meaning of nonassumption | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The failure to take up, adopt, or take responsibility for.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The failure to accept as true without proof.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Something that is not assumed to be true without proof.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“His nonassumption of the Baronetcy certainly throws some doubt on the validity of his mother's marriage, but the issue thereof was recognised by the parents of the father, whose mother, “Noble Marie Kinloch, neé de Rochead,” was, in 1732, sponsor to the 1st child, and whose father 9the 4th Baronet( as a sponsor, in 1733, to the 2d child" etc.”
“Most of the cases in which the servant's nonassumption of extraordinary risks is asserted relate to injuries caused by dangerous conditions which arise from or are incident to the intrinsic quality or the permanent arrangement and relative disposition of the instrumentalities of the business or the materials which the servant is required to handle.”
“Nonassumption of marital name by alleged wife tends to show no marriage.”
“The “structural deficiencies and other inadequacies” (for example, nonassumption of their “appropriate responsibility for effective and efficient service delivery to the rural communities”) found in the beneficiary local government administrations would be addressed "while at this level would be exposed to more participatory techniques in development planning."”
“As long as the stay did not prevent the CCP from making preparations for the auctions, conditioned on the debtor's nonassumption of the derivatives (and I would advocate that the stay be defined to explicitly permit these kinds of preparations), I believe the effect of a stay on the CCP would therefore be limited enough to be manageable.”
“Although the material deduction presupposes the formal deduction, the latter does not predetermine the method to be used for performing the former. The success of the formal deduction does not depend on the assumption or nonassumption of the principle of the identity of the unity of apperception and the understanding.”
“Understanding the playing field, including assumptions and nonassumptions.”
“Finally, theology nowadays needs the vision and the courage, the fantasy and the carnival of bordercrossing, transgressing old boundaries, disciplines, and commonly assumed nonassumptions.”
“The Sensate conceptions of causality differ also in regard to the assumption or nonassumption of the category of necessity as an element of the causal relationship.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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