avow

Verb
  1. To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true (synset 201013058)
    "Before God I swear I am innocent"
    is a type of: declare - state emphatically and authoritatively
    subtypes:
    • hold - assert or affirm
    • claim, take - lay claim to; as of an idea
    • attest - authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity
    • declare - state firmly
    • protest - affirm or avow formally or solemnly
    • assure, tell - inform positively and with certainty and confidence
    same as: affirm, assert, aver, swan, swear, verify
  2. Admit openly and bluntly;
    Make no bones about (synset 200821584)
    is a type of: acknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
    same as: avouch

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