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You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that's lonely to find friends, or a small furry animal that's lost to find its parents; it lasts as long as a quick avowal of love; it lasts precisely as long as the average parent is disposed on a Tuesday night to spend reading aloud to children.
Rachel Cusk

Meaning of "avowal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AVOWAL

avowal  [əˈvaʊəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AVOWAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Avowal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AVOWAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of avowal in the English dictionary

The definition of avowal in the dictionary is declaration. Other definition of avowal is assertion; claim that may be questionable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AVOWAL


bowel
ˈbaʊəl
cowal
ˈkaʊəl
disavowal
ˌdɪsəˈvaʊəl
disbowel
dɪsˈbaʊəl
disembowel
ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəl
disemvowel
ˌdɪsɪmˈvaʊəl
dishtowel
ˈdɪʃˌtaʊəl
dowel
ˈdaʊəl
Dowell
ˈdaʊəl
embowel
ɪmˈbaʊəl
Powell
ˈpaʊəl
rowel
ˈraʊəl
semivowel
ˈsɛmɪˌvaʊəl
towel
ˈtaʊəl
trowel
ˈtraʊəl
vowel
ˈvaʊəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AVOWAL

avoidant
avoider
avoirdupois
avoirdupois pound
avoirdupois weight
avoision
Avon
avoset
avouch
avouchable
avoucher
avouchment
avow
avowable
avowableness
avowably
avowed
avowedly
avower
avoyer

WORDS THAT END LIKE AVOWAL

bestowal
cotwal
eschewal
kotwal
misbestowal
narwal
nonrenewal
phantom withdrawal
qawwal
renewal
reviewal
Sahiwal
self-renewal
Shawwal
twal
urban renewal
withdrawal

Synonyms and antonyms of avowal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AVOWAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «avowal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of avowal

Translation of «avowal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AVOWAL

Find out the translation of avowal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of avowal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «avowal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

誓词
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

confesión
570 millions of speakers

English

avowal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

avowal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اقرار بقوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

декларирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

avowal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বীকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aveu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Avowal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bekenntnis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

公言
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공언
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Avowal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự bày tỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பலர் அறிய உரைக்கும் சூளுரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उघड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

itiraf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dichiarazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyznanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

декларування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mărturisire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

avowal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

belydenis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avowal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avowal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of avowal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AVOWAL»

The term «avowal» is normally little used and occupies the 136.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AVOWAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about avowal

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QUOTES WITH «AVOWAL»

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1
Rachel Cusk
You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that's lonely to find friends, or a small furry animal that's lost to find its parents; it lasts as long as a quick avowal of love; it lasts precisely as long as the average parent is disposed on a Tuesday night to spend reading aloud to children.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AVOWAL»

Discover the use of avowal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to avowal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling: The Function of Avowal in Justice
An essential companion to Discipline and Punish, Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling will take its place as one of the most significant works of Foucault to appear in decades, and will be necessary reading for all those interested in his thought.
Michel Foucault, Fabienne Brion, Bernard E. Harcourt, 2014
2
Deviant Behavior: Readings in the Sociology of Norm Violations
It should be noted, however, that such avowal opportunities are also accessible through any treatment approach grounded in some form on the disease model of alcoholism. From this discussion and the recognition of the actor's ability to ...
Clifton D. Bryant, 1990
3
The Mishnah
These may bring the First-fruits but they may not make the Avowal : the proselyte may bring them but he may not make the Avowal since he cannot say, Which the Lord swore unto our Fathers for to give us.1 But if his mother was an Israelite he ...
Herbert Danby, 1933
4
Authority and Estrangement: An Essay on Self-Knowledge
Despite the difference in basis between attitude-statements made through attribution and those made through avowal, the same psycho- logical terms refer to the same phenomena whether spoken in the first- person or third-person voice. 11 ...
Richard Moran, 2012
5
Gray Matters: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
But we already saw that there is good reason to reject the doctrine of limited infallibility as it applies to one's own psychological states; and since the avowal theory was formed partly in acknowledgment of this, the theory is not committed to this ...
Sanford Goldberg, Andrew Pessin, 1997
6
Queering Religion, Religious Queers
The Judicial Council (n.d.) has rejected these challenges and, in the process, has interpreted the phrase 'self-avowed practicing homosexual' in a way that places greater emphasis on avowal over the definition of homosexual practice.
Yvette Taylor, Ria Snowdon, 2014
7
The Concept of Mind
We may accuse him of shamming to us or to himself, but we do not accuse him of having been careless in his observations or rash in his inferences, since we do not think that his avowal was a report of observations or conclusions. He has not  ...
Gilbert Ryle, 2012
8
Wise Choices, Apt Feelings: A Theory of Normative Judgment
This taking of normative positions I shall call normative avowal. By "avowal" here, I mean to include a wide range of expressions we might count as taking a position in normative discussion — in the discussion of absent states of affairs.
Allan Gibbard, 1992
9
Reconsidering Evil: Confronting Reflections with Confessions
From Fallibility to Fault Crucial for Ricceur' s way out of the difficulties regarding a philosophical approach to evil is his focus on the moment of the "avowal" or " confession" (aveu) of evil.68 This is the moment of explicit recognition that the evil ...
Petruschka Schaafsma, 2006
10
Acts of Religion
But, first virtue in the abyss of such a Savoir, the fault she avows was already an avowal, a "position of avowal" in which she (she who almost never says "I" for herself) had lived until then, and lived without seeing, and especially without ...
Jacques Derrida, Gil Anidjar, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AVOWAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term avowal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Romantic Wedding Vows From Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage …
So sure, you can go ahead and write up your vows quoting from Kennedy's lofty avowal that “no union is more profound than marriage, for it ... «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
2
Buhari Commended Over Moves To Recover Stolen Funds
The group eulogized Muhammadu Buhari's avowal during his meeting with state governors that he would recover funds stolen by immediate ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jun 15»
3
Winter hibernation begins with dreams of early election
But rather than being viewed as reassured, relaxed and comfortable, this avowal is seen as just another promise, and one of the most ... «Echonetdaily, Jun 15»
4
Why the Confederate Flag Should Not Be Placed in an American …
The former functions by militant avowal of hate; the latter can function by disavowal, denying that the heritage of racism has to be addressed. «artnet News, Jun 15»
5
Islamic State is a good thing for Kurds
The Kurds' continued avowal to fight against extremism greatly benefits the USA and the West in their War on Terror considering their ... «The News Hub, Jun 15»
6
Surtsey takes Zadracarta Stakes
Last year, Surtsey was a one-time winner in five outings, scooping the Avowal Stakes, where she beat Silent Treat by a half-length in another ... «Toronto Sun, Jun 15»
7
Wake-up call to Canada on her 148th birthday
Let them make some avowal of God's place in the life of our nation. Let us give our support to every institution that helps the nation to remember ... «Merritt Herald, Jun 15»
8
How, why and whether to enter the new VPN war zone
... many of these have 'internal procedures' for complaints against the service which would seem to defy the companies' avowal of amnesia. «The Stack, Jun 15»
9
APC - Continuity or Change?
... Assembly on June 9, 2015 shows that true change may not have come after all despite Buhari's belief and avowal in his inaugural speech. «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
10
Luna Gale, Hampstead Theatre, review: 'flimsy'
She goofs up early on by smirking at a devout avowal by Caroline Faber's Cindy - the grandmother angling to bring Luna into her orbit. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Avowal [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/avowal>. Apr 2024 ».
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