Entry Word: protestation

Function: noun

Meaning: a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something <the governor went on television to make a passionate protestation of his innocence in the bribery scandal>

Synonyms affirmation, assertion, avouchment, avowal, claim, declaration, insistence, profession

Related Words announcement, declaration, proclamation, pronouncement; argument, justification, rationalization, reason; confirmation, vindication

Near Antonyms disclaimer; challenge, dispute, question; confutation, disproof, rebuttal, refutation; contradiction, denial, negation

Antonyms disavowal