AVOWING Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

avowing

verb

present participle of avow

as in insisting

to state as a fact usually forcefully avowed that the colonization of Mars in our lifetime is not only possible but probable

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as in declaring

to state clearly and strongly avowed their undying love for each other

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Recent Examples of avowing Since the end of skinny jeans' reign as the dominant denim shape in the early 2020s, loyalists have decried wide legs and flares, avowing to stick to their preferred silhouette regardless of the shifting trends. —

Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026

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But confusion remains over the basis of the plan for those talks, with Iran insisting on a 10-point plan that includes its full control over the Strait of Hormuz, removal of sanctions and accepting Iran's right to enrichment.

— NPR Staff, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
France has been critical, insisting that the war was launched without respecting international law and that Paris was never consulted about it.

— Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026