avowal

Questions about avowal

What does avowal mean?

avowal means "a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something".

How many syllables are in avowal?

avowal has 3 syllables: a-vo-wal. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for avowal?

Close synonyms include avouchment, affirmation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is avowal a common word?

avowal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.