avow

Speech parts

1. avow - Noun

2. avow - Verb

Meaning

To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.

To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry.

Avowal.

To bind, or to devote, by a vow.

A vow or determination.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

swan own assert verify swear affirm confess aver avouch speke state put allow say hold
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Antonyms

disavow inter fib juke gull attack
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Hypernyms

declare admit acknowledge

Hyponyms

take hold claim tell protest declare

Phrases with the word

to avow

Derivatives

avowed avowing

Examples

I avow myself the partisan of truth alone. William Harvey

It is not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future. Still, I avow my hope and faith, sure and inviolate, that in the days to come the British and American peoples will for their own safety and for the good of all walk together side by side in majesty, in justice, and in peace. Winston Churchill

When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. Charlotte Mary Yonge

Buonaparte's foreign policy was force and menace, aided by fraud and corruption. If the fraud was discovered, force and menace succeeded; and in most cases the unfortunate victim did not dare to avow that he perceived the fraud. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Before God I swear I am innocent Source: Internet

In his writings, Paul used the persecutions he endured to avow proximity and union with Jesus and as a validation of his teaching. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

avoutrer avoutrie avoutry avowable avowableness avowably