NOUN | communication | avowal, avouchment, affirmation | a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something |
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Meaning | A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something. | |
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Synonyms | avouchment, 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 | |
Verbs | avow | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true |
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