1. avow - Noun
2. avow - Verb
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 dictionaryI 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