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Definition of Avowal
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 Avowal
1. n. An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles.
Definition of Avowal
1. Noun. An open declaration of affirmation or admission of knowledge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Avowal
1. an open declaration [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avowal
Literary usage of Avowal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1827)
"... belief of such intention: a defect not supplied by the avowal in Defendant's
affidavit of his intention to return to his house of business in Jamaica; ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"applied to criminal cases, is the avowal or acknowledgment of a fact or of
circumstances from which ..."
3. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1838)
"... AND OF HOFFMAN'S TALES RHEUMATIC ATTACKS THEATRICAL FUND DINNER—avowal OF THE
SOLE AUTHORSHIP OF THE WAVERLEY NOVELS—LETTER FROM GOETHE DEATHS OF THE ..."
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