Presumption | Mean of presumption in English Dictionary

/prɪˈzʌmpʃən/

• Noun
• a belief that something is true even though it has not been proved
1. The presumption is that the thief had a key to the store.
2. There was a widespread presumption that she would appoint him as her successor.
3. the presumption that all students learn in the same way
4. Thousands of people used this drug on the presumption that it was safe. [=they used it because they believed that it was safe]
• an act of accepting that something is true until it is proved not true
1. The trial was unfair from the beginning because there was no presumption of innocence.
2. a defendant's right to a presumption of innocence
• willingness to do something without the right or permission to do it
1. You don't know anything about my situation, and yet you have the presumption [=(more commonly) gall, nerve] to tell me what to do!