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avowances

avowances is the plural of avowance.

Meaning of avowance

Noun

avowance (usually uncountable, plural avowances)

  1. (obsolete, usually) An act of avowing; an avowal.
  2. (obsolete, usually) An upholding; a defence, a vindication.
    • Reader I requeſt thee do Me, thy Self, and Truth right: VVhether can my avovvance of King-murdering be collected from any thing here vvritten by me?1659, Thomas Fuller, “An Answer to Dr. Heylyn's Necessary Introduction &c.”, in The Appeal of Iniured Innocence: Unto the Religious Learned and Ingenious Reader: In a Controversie betwixt the...

Questions about avowances

What is avowances the plural of?
Avowances is the plural of avowance.

Words near avowances in the dictionary

  1. avowableness
  2. avowably
  3. avowal
  4. avowals
  5. avowance
  6. avowances
  7. avowant
  8. avowants
  9. avowed
  10. avowedly
  11. avowedness

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