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121verification — n 1. confirmation, substantiation, corroboration, establishment, proof; assurance, affirmation, asseveration, averment, certification; attestation, deposition, avouchment; authentication, validation, ratification, endorsement; support,… …
122vow — n 1. pledge, promise, assurance, word, solemn word, word of honor, parole, Archaic. troth; oath, sworn statement or declaration, testimony; attestation, affirmation, profession, avowal, asseveration, avouchment; engagement, betrothal, Archaic.… …
123avouch — /əˈvaʊtʃ/ (say uh vowch) verb (t) Archaic 1. to make frank affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness. 2. to assume responsibility for; guarantee. 3. to admit; confess. {Middle English avouche(n), from Old French avochier, from Latin… …
124affirmation — [n] declaration of the truth of something affidavit, assertion, asseveration, attestation, averment, avouchment, avowal, certification, confirmation, declaration, green light*, oath, okay, pronouncement, ratification, stamp of approval*,… …
125avouch — [ə vouch′] vt. [ME avouchen < OFr avochier, to affirm positively < L advocare: see ADVOCATE] 1. to vouch for; guarantee 2. to declare the truth of; assert; affirm 3. to acknowledge openly; avow SYN. ASSERT avouchment n …
126asseveration — noun a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) • Syn: ↑assertion, ↑averment • Derivationally related forms: ↑asseverate, ↑aver (for: ↑averment), ↑assert …
127avouch — v.tr. & intr. archaic or rhet. guarantee, affirm, confess. Derivatives: avouchment n. Etymology: ME f. OF avochier f. L advocare (as AD , vocare call) …
128avowal — noun a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something • Syn: ↑avouchment, ↑affirmation • Derivationally related forms: ↑affirm (for: ↑affirmation), ↑avow • …
