avowing
present participle ofavow
avow
verb[T]
formaluk/əˈvaʊ/us/əˈvaʊ/toadmitsomething or say somethingpublicly:
[+ that]He avowedthatheregrettedwhat he had done.
It is asocietyin whichhomosexualityisrarelyavowed.
Opposite
disavowformal
Admitting & confessing
- avow
- avowedly
- breastbeating
- clean
- climb
- climb down
- climbdown
- come cleanidiom
- concede
- concession
- concessionary
- confess
- confession
- cop
- cop tosomething
- deny
- eat humble pieidiom
- hand
- stand
- truth be toldidiom
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Announcing, informing & stating
Examplesofavowing
avowing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Here, the artist protects himself from the pressures of contradictory forces - the im/possibility of art under commodification - by simultaneouslyavowingand disavowing his work's critical existence.
From theCambridge English Corpus
And,avowingthem, they hold themselves open to criticism in the event of not proving to live up to them: not proving to satisfy rational unity in their regard.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I should begin byavowinga sort of interest.
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In the third edition the publishers and author inserted a joint noteavowingthe real character of the book.
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