avowal

[ uh-vou-uh l ]

/ əˈvaʊ əl /

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noun

an open statement of affirmation; frank acknowledgment or admission.

RELATED WORDS

announcement, declaration, proclamation, admission, confession, assertion, affirmation, testimony, oath

Nearby words

avoirdupois weight, avon, avon lake, avouch, avow, avowal, avowed, avowry, avram, avruga, avulse

Origin of avowal

First recorded in 1720–30; avow + -al²

Related forms

pre·a·vow·al, nounre·a·vow·al, noun

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Examples from the Web for avowal

"Yes, Tim," I confessed frankly, and not at all sorry to make the avowal.
The Devil's Own|Randall Parrish
Nothing could prove her case so conclusively as his avowal that the letter was in his hands.
Pietro Ghisleri|F. (Francis) Marion Crawford
He weighed near twenty stone, according to his own avowal—an Elephant-Cupid!
Calamities and Quarrels of Authors|Isaac Disraeli
I was making Sigismund acquainted with my father's wishes, when he met my confidence by the avowal which I have just related.
The Headsman|James Fenimore Cooper

She made the avowal in a tone very like that in which, to Beatrice French, she had affirmed the contrary.
In the Year of Jubilee|George Gissing