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AVOUCHMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does avouchment mean?
• AVOUCHMENT (noun)
The noun AVOUCHMENT has 1 sense:
1. a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
Familiarity information: AVOUCHMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
affirmation; avouchment; avowal
Hypernyms ("avouchment" is a kind of...):
assertion; asseveration; averment (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "avouchment"):
reaffirmation; reassertion (renewed affirmation)
professing; profession (an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion)
affirmative (a reply of affirmation)
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