avow
uh vow
- v to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- v admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
- Dr Smith did not avow the real reason for canceling his trip to Africa but speculation was rife that he was no longer welcome in the University.
- There was none who did not avow sympathy for the prisoner for all took the position that Victor was being detained unlawfully.
- Mr Smith avowed that he had taken to the field knowing well that he wasn't fully fit.