avowal

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A frank admission or acknowledgment.

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Noun

avowal - a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

affirmation, avouchment

assertion, asseveration, averment - a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

reaffirmation, reassertion - renewed affirmation

professing, profession - an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement"

affirmative - a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative"

avowal

noun

1. statement, allegation, recognition, profession, declaration, maintenance, assertion, oath, affirmation, proclamation, asseveration, averment He made an avowal to set himself right once again.

2. confession, owning, admission, acknowledgment an avowal of error

Translations

avowal [əˈvaʊəl] N (frm)

1. (= recognition) → reconocimiento m, admisión f, confesión f

2. (= affirmation) → afirmación f, declaración f

avowal

n → Erklärung f; (of faith) → Bekenntnis nt; (of love) → Geständnis nt, → Erklärung f; (of belief, interest) → Bekundung f

avowal [əˈvaʊəl] n (of intentions, innocence) → dichiarazione f; (of guilt) → ammissione f

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I shall ever despise the man who can be gratified by the passion which he never wished to inspire, nor solicited the avowal of.

Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context

Sing Lee who stood just without the trap door through which he was about to pass Professor Maxon's evening meal to him could not be blamed for overhearing the conversation, though it may have been culpable in him in making no effort to divulge his presence, and possibly equally unpraiseworthy, as well as lacking in romance, to attribute the doctor's avowal to his knowledge of the heavy chest.

The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

[1] This doctrine will, in all probability, be gradually propagated, till it has votaries enough to countenance an open avowal of it.

Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context

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