- affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
--1 is one way to declare
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun avower2, noun avowal1
They avow that there was a traffic accident
- avow, avouch - admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
--2 is one way to admit, acknowledge
Antonyms: disavow
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun avower1
Somebody ----s something