Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who avows, owns, or asserts.
- noun Avowal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who avows or asserts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
avows
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly
- noun someone who claims to speak the truth
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word avower.
Examples
-
Neo-Expressivism may help us to understand how avowals provide third-person warrant, that is, warrant for others to attribute mental states to the avower.
Self-Knowledge Gertler, Brie 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.