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as in: presumption of innocence Define
something thought of as true without proof
- Archibald Nichols, I presume?
- I presumed she was an expert since she spoke so confidently.
- The presumption of innocence does no prevent holding a defendant thought to be a danger to society.
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as in: presumption of innocence Define
something thought of as true without proof
as in: he is presumptuous
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exercising privileges to which one is not entitled -- such as being too familiar or too bossy
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