Assumption
Assumption noun - Something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning.
Grounds and assumption are semantically related in reason topic. In some cases you can use "Grounds" instead a noun "Assumption".
Grounds
Grounds noun - Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.
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Assumption and grounds are semantically related in reason topic. Sometimes you can use "Assumption" instead a noun "Grounds".
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After the closure, Swing King was approached by Scoop (or maybe vice-versa) and agreed to use the grounds to manufacture drugs under the assumption that Scoop would cut him in on the profits.
Source: Video Game / Hitman: Blood Money - Humorously, high class is another kind of prison: in the Tower, you are allowed to live on the publicly accessible grounds on the entirely reasonable assumption that leaving is tantamount to admission of guilt and the forfeiture of rank, which latter is tantamount to death.
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