avouchment

Definitions of avouchment
  1. noun
    a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
    synonyms: affirmation, avowal
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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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