avow | (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, swan, swear, verify |
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(verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | Synonyms: avouch |
avowal | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avouchment |
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avowed | (adjective) openly declared as such | Synonyms: professed |
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avowedly | (adverb) by open declaration | Synonyms: professedly |
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(adverb) as acknowledged | Synonyms: admittedly, confessedly, true |
avower | (noun) someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly | - |
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(noun) someone who claims to speak the truth | Synonyms: affirmer, asserter, asseverator, declarer |