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 and divides as a-vo-wal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.