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Definition of Avouchment
1. Noun. A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something.
Generic synonyms: Assertion, Asseveration, Averment
Specialized synonyms: Reaffirmation, Reassertion, Professing, Profession, Affirmative
Derivative terms: Affirm, Avow
Definition of Avouchment
1. n. The act of avouching; positive declaration.
Definition of Avouchment
1. Noun. The act of avouching. ¹
2. Noun. A positive declaration. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Avouchment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avouchment
Literary usage of Avouchment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays on the Philosophy of Theism by William George Ward (1884)
"words, that no intellectual avouchment can give him any reliable information,
except of its own existence and characteristics. ..."
2. Essays on the philosophy of theism. Ed., with an intr., by W. Ward by William George Ward (1884)
"But he maintains that this avouchment of theirs can be explained by the constant and
... We reply that their avouchment is not thus explainable. ..."
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