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Definition of avowal : An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles.

Synonyms:

affirm, knowledge, show, confession, avouchment

confirmation, promise, testimony, sanction, verification, certification, assertion, pledge, submission, acknowledgment, validation, declaration, proclamation, corroboration, affirmation, pronouncement, assurance, statement, oath, attestation, endorsement, warranty, approval, admission, ratification

Usage examples:

• If the alteration of these hopes and fears have proved too strong for my reason at last, I cannot help it; and this it is which now leads me to make this avowal to you." - "The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete", Charles James Lever (1806-1872).
• No avowal could have been more disastrous to his cause. - "The Valley of Decision", Edith Wharton.
• It is in this herbal that we find the first avowal of disbelief in the supposed powers of the mandrake. - "The Old English Herbals", Eleanour Sinclair Rohde.