avow
State without hedging
To avow is to declare openly and without hesitation, often something that might invite criticism or controversy: She avowed her intention to run for office, He avowed his atheism despite family pressure.
The word suggests a willingness to stand behind what you're saying.
An avowed supporter or avowed enemy has publicly declared that position.
Solemn personal commitment
covenant · bond · guarantee · assurance · allegiance · dedication · troth · plight
State officially
- proclaimDeclare officially and openly
- announceState something officially
- stateCondition or mode
- assertDeclare confidently true
affirm · profess · acknowledge · express · articulate · utter · communicate · pronounce
Confirm receipt or truth
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
- confessAcknowledge wrongdoing openly
- discloseReveal hidden information
- revealMake something visible
divulge · own · recognize · grant · accept · come clean · unburden · expose
Sincerely intense in purpose
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- genuineTruly what it claims
- candidHonest and direct
- forthrightDirectly honest in manner
honest · truthful · unfeigned · authentic · fervent · transparent · wholehearted · unreserved
vow
Solemn personal commitment
commit · covenant · bond · guarantee · assurance · allegiance · dedication · troth · plight · devotion
declare
State officially
assert · affirm · profess · acknowledge · express · articulate · utter · communicate · pronounce · testify
acknowledge
Confirm receipt or truth
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
- confessAcknowledge wrongdoing openly
- discloseReveal hidden information
reveal · divulge · own · recognize · grant · accept · come clean · unburden · expose · bare
earnest
Sincerely intense in purpose
forthright · honest · truthful · unfeigned · authentic · fervent · transparent · wholehearted · unreserved · openly
- disclosurerevealing, disclosing, disclosure, disclose, divulge
- revealreveal, disclose, expose, unmask, unveil
- acknowledgeadmit, confess, concede, recognize, confirm
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
- pledgesvow, promise, I promise, wedding vows, I vow
- testimony wordstestify, attest, depose, swear, vouch