Synonyms of the word

avouch

• v. To declare freely and openly; to assert.
• v. To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
• v. To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
• v. To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
• n. (obsolete) evidence; declaration.

acknowledge

• v. (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
• v. To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority…
• v. To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or an favour).
• v. To notify receipt, as of a letter.
• v. To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in…

admit

• v. (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration;…
• v. (transitive) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for…
• v. (transitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible…
• v. (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
• v. (intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
• v. (transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

avow

• v. (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess…
• v. (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.
• v. (law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
• n. (obsolete) avowal.