avowal

[ uh-vou-uhl ]

/ əˈvaʊ əl /

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noun

an open statement of affirmation; frank acknowledgment or admission.

Origin of avowal

First recorded in 1720–30; avow + -al²

OTHER WORDS FROM avowal

pre·a·vow·al, nounre·a·vow·al, noun

Words nearby avowal

Avon, Avon Lake, à votre santé, avouch, avow, avowal, avowed, avowry, Avram, avruga, a vuestra salud

Example sentences 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