avow
[verb]
Synonyms: assert, affirm, aver, avouch, constate, declare, depose, predicate, profess, protest, acknowledge, admit, allow, concede, confess, fess (up), grant, let on, own, own up

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Contrasted words: repudiate, withdraw
Related Words: defend, maintain, vindicate, asseverate, swear, testify

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a‧vow /əˈvaʊ/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: avouer, from Latin advocare; ⇒ advocate²]
formal to make a public statement about something you believe in Synonym : swear:
He avowed his commitment to Marxist ideals.
—avowal noun [uncountable and countable]

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