avowal
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əl noun
an open statement of affirmation; frank acknowledgment or admission.
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avow (əˈvaʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to state or affirm |
| 2. | to admit openly |
| 3. | rare law to justify or maintain (some action taken) |
| [C13: from Old French avouer to confess, from Latin advocāre to appeal to, call upon; see | |
| a'vowable | |
| —adj | |
| a'vowal | |
| —n | |
| avowed | |
| —adj | |
| avowedly | |
| —adv | |
| a'vower | |
| —n | |
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Avowal
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
Appellant's avowal testimony, taken without an oath in the presence of a judge, was not uncontradicted evidence of perjury.
Distrust-a dubiety of commitment and avowal-is his ground note.
After a long struggle the avowal is made, but not in words.
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