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avowal::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | affirmation, avouchment |
| Type of | asseveration, averment, assertion |
| Has types | reaffirmation, affirmative, reassertion, professing, profession |
| Derivation | avow |
Examples of avowal
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That could read as an avowal that they have no convictions to have the courage of.
From the independent.co.uk
Levitis's open avowal of her love of performance and emotional cracks feel honest.
From the cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com
This combination of permissible avowal and forced denial strikes me as a bit odd, though.
From the independent.co.uk
Leakey contained an avowal of his Party membership which was removed from later editions.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Here, then, is my frank avowal for any one who cares to require it.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I leaned forward as well, expecting a confidential avowal that he wished he could defect as well.
From the globalspin.blogs.time.com
Kary Mullis'public avowal that HIV does not cause AIDS, denial of climate change, and belief in astrology.
From the guardian.co.uk
The avowal not only delivers a blow to Hollande's campaign pledge to return transparency and accountability to government.
From the world.time.com
At the time this article was written, Colonel Gaddafi's avowal that he would never relinquish Libya was ever more insistent.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
- A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
- An open declaration of affirmation or admission of knowledge
- An open declaration by an attorney representing a party in a lawsuit, made after the jury has been removed from the courtroom, that requests the admission of particular testimony from a witness that would otherwise be inadmissible because it has been successfully objected to during the trial.
- The process by which an individual portrays him- or herself.
- A formal declaration confession
