Avowal

Definition: Avowal

Avowal

Noun

1. A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "avowal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonym: Avowal

Affirmation

Asseveration, adjuration, swearing, oath, affidavit; deposition; (record); avouchment; assurance; protest, protestation; profession; acknowledgment; (assent); legal pledge, pronouncement; solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration.

Assent

Noun: assent, assentment; acquiescence, admission; nod; accord, concord, concordance; agreement; affirmance, affirmation; recognition, acknowledgment, avowal; confession of faith.

Disclosure

Acknowledgment, avowal; confession, confessional; shrift.

Crosswords: Avowal

There was more in that avowal than the acceptance of humiliation, there was the acceptance of peril

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "avowal": avowal of friendship ♦ solemn avowal. Additional references.

Albanian

pranim (acceptance, acknowledgement, admission, admittance, confession, reception, recipiency, recognition, recognizance, understanding), pohim (admission, affirmation, assertion, averment, claim, confession, confirmation, contention, corroboration, maintenance, predicate, predication, proposition, reassurance, showing, testimony). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مجاهرة (frankness, openness, revelation), ‏إقرار (authorization, endorsement, indorsement, ratification, sanction, stabilization), ‏إعتراف (acknowledgement, admission, confession, recognition, shrift). (various references)

Bulgarian 

признание (acknowledgement, admission, confession, profession, recognition). (various references)

Czech

prohlášení (affirmation, asseveration, declaration, deposition, entry, pronouncement, quote, statement, utterance). (various references)

Danish

afpresning af tilståelse (compulsion for avowal). (various references)

Farsi 

اعتراف (Admission, Profession), اظهارواقرارعلنی , اظهاراشکار. (various references)

French

aveu, déclaration, confession. (various references)

German

bekenntnis (acknowledgement, admission, confession, denomination, profession). (various references)

Greek 

ομολογία (acknowledgement, admission, bond, confession, homology). (various references)

Hebrew 

�"ו�"א�" (acknowledgment, admission, confession, consent), �"כרז�" (announcement, declaration, intimation, proclamation, profession). (various references)

Hungarian

bevallás (acknowledgement). (various references)

Indonesian

pengakuan (accreditation, acknowledgement, admission, confession, recognization). (various references)

Italian

ammissione (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, admission, admittance, approval, confession, entrance, intromission), riconoscimento (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, appreciation, identification, recognition), dichiarazione (bid, declaration, handout, proclamation, pronouncement, protestation, statement). (various references)

Manx

breearrey [f] (of a vow, profess, profession, solemn promise, swear, troth, vow), breearrey (of a vow, profess, profession, solemn promise, swear, troth, vow). (various references)

Pig Latin

avowalay.(various references)

Portuguese

confissão (acknowledgement, admission, confession). (various references)

Romanian

recunoaştere (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, admission, allowance, confession, exploration, recognition, recognizance, reconnaissance, resipiscence, scout), mãrturisire (admission, avouchment, confession, confidence, profession, recognizance), confesiune (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, admission, communion, confession, denomination, profession). (various references)

Russian 

признание (acceptance of, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, admission, confession, profession, recognition). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

priznanje (accolade, acknowledgement, cognizance, confession, ladle-out honors, recognition, tribute). (various references)

Spanish

admisión (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, admission, admittance, inlet, intake, uptake), confesión (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, admission, confession, denomination, forgiveness, shrift). (various references)

Swedish

påstående (allegation, assertion, claim, contention, contestation, plea, predication, proposition, say so, statement), försäkran (affirmation, assurance, earnest, protestation), erkännande (acceptance, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, admission), bekännelse (acknowledgement, admission, cognizance, confession, creed, profession, religion). (various references)

Turkish

kabul etme (acceptance, acquiescence, adoption, agreement, intromission, take), itiraf (admission, confession), doğrulama (affirmation, confirmation, correction, corroboration, defence, defense, recognition, support, testification, verification). (various references)

Ukrainian

відверте визнання. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự thú nhận (avouchment), sự thừa nhận (anagnorisis, sanction), sự nhận (acceptance, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, reception). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "avowal": avowals. (additional references)

Words ending with "avowal": disavowal. (additional references)

Words containing "avowal": disavowals. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Avowal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abodala, Adowa, agoal, Asogwa, Avital, avocal, avora, avowe, avowel. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: alow, avow, awol, lava, oval.

-3 letters: aal, ala, ava, avo, awa, awl, lav, law, low, ova, owl, vaw, vow.

-4 letters: aa, al, aw, la, lo, ow, wo.

+1 letter: avowals.

+2 letters: avowable, avowably.

+3 letters: disavowal.

+4 letters: aardwolves, disavowals.

+5 letters: disavowable.