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avouchment

DEFINITIONS OF: avouchment

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n a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

Synonyms:
affirmation, avowal
Types:
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reaffirmation, reassertion
renewed affirmation
professing, profession
an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
affirmative
a reply of affirmation
yes
an affirmative
yea
an affirmative
double negative
an affirmative constructed from two negatives
Type of:
assertion, asseveration, averment
a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
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