avowal

avowal
    n 1: a statement asserting the existence or the truth of
         something [syn: {avowal}, {avouchment}, {affirmation}]
    

Avowal \A*vow"al\, n.
   An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of
   such principles. --Hume.
   [1913 Webster]
    

64 Moby Thesaurus words for "avowal":
      acceptance, acknowledgment, admission, affidavit, affirmance,
      affirmation, allegation, allowance, announcement, annunciation,
      appreciation, assertion, asseveration, attest, attestation,
      averment, avouchment, compurgation, concession, conclusion,
      confession, creed, declaration, deposition, dictum, disclosure,
      enunciation, instrument in proof, ipse dixit, legal evidence,
      manifesto, owning, owning up, position, position paper,
      positive declaration, predicate, predication, proclamation,
      profession, pronouncement, proposition, protest, protestation,
      recognition, rite of confession, say, say-so, saying, shrift,
      stance, stand, statement, sworn evidence, sworn statement,
      sworn testimony, testimonial, testimonium, testimony, unbosoming,
      utterance, vouch, witness, word