(n): a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
(n): an assertion that something is true or factual
(n): a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
(n): demand for something as rightful or due
(n): the act of demanding
(n): an informal right to something
(n): an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
(n): an established or recognized right
(n): a right based in law
(n): a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
(n): an urgent or peremptory request
(v): assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
(v): say yes to
(v): demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
(v): express the need or desire for; ask for
(v): ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
(v): express the need or desire for; ask for
(v): lay claim to; as of an idea
(v): to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
(v): take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
(v): require as useful, just, or proper
