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AVOWAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
Synonyms:
affirmation; avouchment; avowal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("avowal" is a kind of...):
assertion; asseveration; averment (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "avowal"):
reaffirmation; reassertion (renewed affirmation)
professing; profession (an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion)
affirmative (a reply of affirmation)
Derivation:
avow (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true)
