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Averment

The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.

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Accusation 76% connected

The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.

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Affirmation 76% connected

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

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Avouchment 76% connected

The act of avouching; positive declaration.

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Avowal 76% connected

An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Claim 76% connected

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

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Contention 76% connected

A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.

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Denial 76% connected

The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.

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Disaffirmation 76% connected

The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation.

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Testimony 76% connected

A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.

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Broader term 1

Declaration 76% connected

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; expositio…

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Asseverate 74% connected

To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.

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Asseverate 74% connected

To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.

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Assertion 92% connected

The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

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Asseveration 92% connected

The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration.

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