avowance

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/əˈvaʊəns/

noun

An act of avowing; an avowal.

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Meanings

nounavowance (usually uncountable, plural avowances)

plural avowances

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyAn act of avowing; an avowal.
  2. obsoleteuncountableusuallyAn upholding; a defence, a vindication.

    Reader I requeſt thee do Me, thy Self, and Truth right: VVhether can my avovvance of King-murdering be collected from any thing here vvritten by me?

    1659, Thomas Fuller, “An Answer to Dr. Heylyn's Necessary Introduction &c.”, in The Appeal of Iniured Innocence: Unto the Religious Learned and Ingenious Reader: In a Controversie betwixt the Animadvertor Dr. Peter Heylyn and the Author Thomas Fuller, London: […] W. Godbid, and are to be sold by John Williams […], →OCLC, part I, page 45

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
vindication

Origin

From avow + -ance.

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APA

avowance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avowance

MLA

“avowance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avowance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “avowance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avowance.

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