avowal
Frank public statement
An avowal is an open, frank declaration or acknowledgment of something, especially something one might be tempted to conceal: her avowal of love, his avowal of responsibility for the mistake.
The word carries a sense of deliberate admission rather than casual mention.
To avow is to declare openly; avowed describes someone who has made such a declaration: an avowed atheist, an avowed enemy of the regime.
Admission of wrongdoing
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- concessionYielding a point
owning up · divulgence · admittance · unburdening · coming clean · self-incrimination · mea culpa · acceptance
Formal binding promise
- promiseCommitment to act
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
- bondBinding tie or connection
covenant · troth · swearing · assurance · undertaking · engagement · word of honor · solemn promise
Formal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- assertionConfident statement of fact
profession · attestation · affirmation · enunciation · articulation · utterance · expression · manifesto
Faithful commitment to another
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
constancy · faithfulness · attachment · fealty · adherence · commitment · sincerity · earnestness
confession
Admission of wrongdoing
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
owning up · concession · divulgence · admittance · unburdening · coming clean · self-incrimination · mea culpa · acceptance · recognition
oath
Formal binding promise
- promiseCommitment to act
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
bond · covenant · troth · swearing · assurance · undertaking · engagement · word of honor · solemn promise · sworn statement
proclamation
Formal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
- statementExpressed claim or fact
assertion · profession · attestation · affirmation · enunciation · articulation · utterance · expression · manifesto · testimony
loyalty
Faithful commitment to another
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
steadfastness · constancy · faithfulness · attachment · fealty · adherence · commitment · sincerity · earnestness · devotedness
- commitmentspledge, oath, vows, promise, binding promise
- declarationsdeclaration, declarations, proclamation, proclamations, announcement
- formal statementsdeclaration, statement, assertion, affirmation, attestation
- oathsoath taking, swearing in, oath ceremony, sworn oath, oath of honor
- pledgespromise, I promise, wedding vows, oath, I swear
- religious pronouncementscreed, dogma, pronouncement, bull, encyclical
avowaldisavowal
Rejection of connection
denial · repudiation · renunciation · disclaimer · recantation
avowalconcealment
Act of hiding something
suppression · secrecy · evasion · silence · reticence
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