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Avouchment

The act of avouching; positive declaration.

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Affirmative 76% connected

Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.

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Professing 76% connected

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Profession 76% connected

The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.

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Reaffirmation 76% connected

A second affirmation.

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Reassertion 76% connected

A second or renewed assertion of the same thing.

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Assertion 76% connected

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

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Asseveration 76% connected

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

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Averment 76% connected

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

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Affirmation 92% connected

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

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Avowal 92% connected

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

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Accusation noun · 78% connection

That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge.

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Acknowledgment noun · 78% connection

A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: avouching, positive, declaration.
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Admission noun · 78% connection

Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: avouching, positive, declaration.
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Affidavit noun · 78% connection

A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate.

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Affirm verb · 78% connection

To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.

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Affirmance noun · 78% connection

A strong declaration; affirmation.

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Amen interj., adv., & n. · 78% connection

An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it…

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Anniversary noun · 78% connection

The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaratio…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: avouching, positive, declaration.
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Answer noun · 78% connection

To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a…

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Assurance noun · 78% connection

The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

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Assure verb · 78% connection

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

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At preposition · 78% connection

The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declarat…

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Attestation noun · 78% connection

The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The tru…

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Base noun · 78% connection

The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- a…

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Bicarbonate noun · 78% connection

A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the…

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Bisulphate noun · 78% connection

A sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the…

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Comparative adjective · 78% connection

Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree…

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Compare verb · 78% connection

To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of on…

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