Avow
verb
To state or declare openly and without shame.
He avowed his love for her in front of everyone.
Often appears as...
- avow commitment
- avow love
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Formal
verb
To admit something publicly.
She avowed that she had made a mistake.
Often appears as...
- avow mistake
- avow responsibility
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Formal
Legal
verb
To promise or claim something publicly.
The government avowed its commitment to improving public health.
Often appears as...
- avow commitment
- avow intention
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Formal
Political
verb
To state or declare openly and without shame.
He avowed his love for her in front of everyone.
Often appears as...
- avow commitment
- avow love
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To admit something publicly.
She avowed that she had made a mistake.
Often appears as...
- avow mistake
- avow responsibility
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
verb
To promise or claim something publicly.
The government avowed its commitment to improving public health.
Often appears as...
- avow commitment
- avow intention
Usage tips
Formal
Political
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Bold Disclosure
Use 'avow' when someone is openly confident, without any embarrassment.
During the interview, she avowed her ambition to become CEO.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Setting
'Avow' often indicates a statement made in a public or formal context.
The mayor avowed his dedication to the city's revitalization plan.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Strength
Use 'avow' for expressing strong emotions like love or passion without reservation.
She avowed her undying loyalty to her childhood friend.
Pro Tip 1/3Bold Disclosure
Use 'avow' when someone is openly confident, without any embarrassment.
During the interview, she avowed her ambition to become CEO.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Setting
'Avow' often indicates a statement made in a public or formal context.
The mayor avowed his dedication to the city's revitalization plan.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Strength
Use 'avow' for expressing strong emotions like love or passion without reservation.
She avowed her undying loyalty to her childhood friend.
Pro Tip 1/3Bold Disclosure
Use 'avow' when someone is openly confident, without any embarrassment.
During the interview, she avowed her ambition to become CEO.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Setting
'Avow' often indicates a statement made in a public or formal context.
The mayor avowed his dedication to the city's revitalization plan.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Strength
Use 'avow' for expressing strong emotions like love or passion without reservation.
She avowed her undying loyalty to her childhood friend.
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What is seen goes in. It's traumatic. And I was always secretly hoping in some part of me that what was being said to me and about me wasn't true. Because even I, an avowed, self-declared feminist,
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What is seen goes in. It's traumatic. And I was always secretly hoping in some part of me that what was being said to me and about me wasn't true. Because even I, an avowed, self-declared feminist,
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Quote examples
Rachel Cusk
Canadian Novelist
You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that's lonely to find friends, or a small furry animal that's lost to find its parents; it lasts as long as a quick avowal of love; it lasts precisely as long as the average parent is disposed on a Tuesday night to spend reading aloud to children.
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Burgess Owens
American Athlete
Dubois was the first black American to graduate from Harvard. He was accepted within the northern white intellectual circles as one of the 'best of his race.' As an avowed socialist, he was the only black member of the original 19 wealthy socialist founders of the NAACP.
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Eisaku Sato
Japanese Politician
It was also during my tenure of office that the Japanese Government agreed to the conclusion of a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and signed it, pursuing a policy in harmony with the avowed desire of the people.
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Charlotte Mary Yonge
English Novelist
When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history.
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Liz Truss
British Politician
We are fighting a Labour Party whose avowed enemy is capitalist bosses, whose instinct is to see income as a common pool resource, and whose leading figures find profit morally repugnant.
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Abdul Qadeer Khan
Pakistani Scientist
We all avow to struggle for making this country a welfare state where everyone is allowed to spend life on the basis of social justice and where everyone can live in peace and honour.
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David Brin
American Author
In 'The Transparent Society,' I am actually no radical. I accept that some secrecy is necessary and avow that human beings have an intrinsic need for some privacy.
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George Weinberg
American Psychologist
I'm really not an avowed heterosexual. I'm no more proud of it than of being white or tall.
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Charles Babbage
English Mathematician
Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.
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Rachel Cusk
Canadian Novelist
You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that's lonely to find friends, or a small furry animal that's lost to find its parents; it lasts as long as a quick avowal of love; it lasts precisely as long as the average parent is disposed on a Tuesday night to spend reading aloud to children.
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Burgess Owens
American Athlete
Dubois was the first black American to graduate from Harvard. He was accepted within the northern white intellectual circles as one of the 'best of his race.' As an avowed socialist, he was the only black member of the original 19 wealthy socialist founders of the NAACP.
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Eisaku Sato
Japanese Politician
It was also during my tenure of office that the Japanese Government agreed to the conclusion of a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and signed it, pursuing a policy in harmony with the avowed desire of the people.
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Charlotte Mary Yonge
English Novelist
When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history.
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Liz Truss
British Politician
We are fighting a Labour Party whose avowed enemy is capitalist bosses, whose instinct is to see income as a common pool resource, and whose leading figures find profit morally repugnant.
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Abdul Qadeer Khan
Pakistani Scientist
We all avow to struggle for making this country a welfare state where everyone is allowed to spend life on the basis of social justice and where everyone can live in peace and honour.
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David Brin
American Author
In 'The Transparent Society,' I am actually no radical. I accept that some secrecy is necessary and avow that human beings have an intrinsic need for some privacy.
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George Weinberg
American Psychologist
I'm really not an avowed heterosexual. I'm no more proud of it than of being white or tall.
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Charles Babbage
English Mathematician
Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.
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