avouchment (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *avouchment*:
NOUN	communication	avouchment, avowal, affirmation	a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

English > *avouchment*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something.
Synonyms	avowal, affirmation
Narrower	affirmative	A reply of affirmation
	profession, professing	An open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
	reassertion, reaffirmation	renewed affirmation
Broader	assertion, averment, asseveration	A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Spanish	afirmación, confesión
Catalan	afirmació

HyperDic: avouchment