AVOWALS Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

avowals

noun

plural of avowal

as in declarations

a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something with jingoism rampant, the peace candidate felt compelled to make an avowal of his patriotism

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an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself her own avowal that she was to blame for the accident

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Baghdad made similar declarations over six years ago following American and Iranian strikes on its sovereign soil.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
These mutual declarations of victory ultimately could not save the memorandum.

— Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026

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Daniel Fernando García Velázquez took the admissions exam for Mexico’s most famous university four times before finally getting the result that should have guaranteed him admission.

— Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
The company generated record quarterly admissions revenue of $540 million worldwide and concession revenue of $433 million.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 July 2026

Definition of admissions

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Their assertions come on the heels of Class 6A Thomas County Central’s historic season in which the Yellow Jackets averaged nearly 54 points per game and beat every opponent by 14 or more on the way to a 15-0 season.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Such assertions are clearly false and were almost certainly knowably false from the start.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

Definition of assertions

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His three-day sentencing hearing featured emotional victim impact statements, tapes of his confessions to police and insights into his twisted desire for infamy and obsession with school shooters.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Ward notes that Jen’s online confessions haven’t exclusively supported a potential alienation of affection case.

— Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Definition of confessions

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In her acknowledgments, Jacobsen pauses to remind her readers that her tale’s painstaking realism is just a literary device.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
The first hearing began with a YouTube-style mashup of Hartig giving land acknowledgements.

— Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

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