avouchment

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
avouchment
    n 1: a statement asserting the existence or the truth of
         something [syn: {avowal}, {avouchment}, {affirmation}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Avouchment \A*vouch"ment\, n.
   The act of avouching; positive declaration. [Obs.] --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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