Avowal
an open statement of affirmation; frank acknowledgment or admission.
Historical Examples
He could not find words with which to make his avowal or to present his appeal.
Miss Billy Eleanor H. Porter
The very fact that they come to us for help is an avowal of their honesty.
Grace Harlowe’s Return to Overton Campus Jessie Graham Flower
The old man’s avowal of loyalty was taken for what it was worth.
Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) John McElroy
There was something in the tone of this avowal that made Jan think.
Jan and Her Job L. Allen Harker
But, though the heartiness of this avowal was grateful to him, he could not repress his surprise at it.
A King of Tyre James M. Ludlow
In the provinces, to live in another person’s house is an avowal of poverty.
The Fortune of the Rougons Emile Zola
She made no answer, but it was easy to perceive that my avowal had not displeased her.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
On the morning after her avowal it was ten o’clock before Clotilde left her room.
Doctor Pascal Emile Zola
Had Geoffrey come to claim her on the strength of her own avowal?
Paths of Judgement Anne Douglas Sedgwick
“I have scarce courage for the avowal,” said she, in a low, faint voice.
Roland Cashel Charles James Lever
n.
1727, from avow + -al (2).
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