Avowal
[ə'vaʊəl] or ['æpədl]
Definition
(noun.) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something.
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Definition
(n.) An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles.
Editor: Rena
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Acknowledgment, confession, declaration, profession, manifesto.
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Examples
- After which strong avowal Bella underwent reaction, and cried to any extent, with her face on the back of her chair. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- These words, which conveyed to Elinor a direct avowal of his love for her sister, affected her very much. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The fact was, that Mr. Giles had not, at first, been able to bring his mind to the avowal, that he had only shot a boy. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I cannot recall the avowal of my earnest and deep attachment to you, and I do not recall it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- While this dialogue was proceeding, Cedric was endeavouring to wring out of those who guarded him an avowal of their character and purpose. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- If her aunt turned such a stony ear to the fiction of the gambling debts, in what spirit would she receive the terrible avowal of the truth? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It is impossible to conceive the disgust which this avowal awakened in the bosoms of the hearers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Hartright, she said, I am going to begin by making a frank avowal to you. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- WHY this public avowal? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Jos, who was just going to gasp out an avowal, choked almost with the emotion that he was obliged to restrain. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This he considered sufficient encouragement; and the avowal of all that he felt, and had long felt for her, immediately followed. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She was not so much surprised into the avowal, as induced to make it by a sudden calculation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She whispered her avowal; her shrift was whispered back; she returned consoled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- His words were quite abrupt and awkward; but the tone made them sound like an ardent, appealing avowal. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The idea precipitated Lily's avowal. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- So true are these avowals at the present day, that I can now only take the reader into one confidence more. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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