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Doctor returned after a cricket team accepted truth (5)

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axiom

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'accepted truth' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for axiom that I've seen before include "rule" , "Proposition assumed to be self-evident" , "Truth assumed to be self-evident" , "Dictum" , "Basic proposition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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