avow

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈvaʊ/

Verb

avow (avows, present participle avowing; past and past participle avowed)

1. (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
2. (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.
3. (legal) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.

Antonyms

• disavow

Related terms

• advocate
• avowable
• avowably
• avowal
• avowance
• avowed
• avowedly
• avower
• reavow
• unavowable
• unavowed

Translations

• French: avouer, confesser
• German: bekennen, gestehen
• Portuguese: admitir
• Russian: признава́ть
• Spanish: confesar, admitir, reconocer

Noun

avow

1. (obsolete) avowal

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