Crossword-Solution: AVOWAL
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Avowal | n. | An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with AVOWAL (5)
They intended to hold this club over him—the price of an avowal on their part that the count was but the victim of the plot of enemies who wished to besmirch his name was to have been the papers they seek.
You have too good a right to a free pardon, to render you very scrupulous about peccadilloes.” While this dialogue was proceeding, Cedric was endeavouring to wring out of those who guarded him an avowal of their character and purpose.
She did not fully understand the motive for his final avowal, and a sudden intuition kept her from questioning him.
Not a few openly avowed themselves converted to antagonism; the rest needed only a slight stimulus to make a similar avowal.
After she had said the word which called me a coward, after she had made the avowal which branded me as a thief—while her hand lay in mine I was her master still! I drew her gently back into the middle of the room.
Quotes with AVOWAL (3)
People in the world ask for forgiveness, but [true] ‘pratikraman’ does not happen by doing that. That is like when people casually say ‘sorry’ or ‘thank you’. There is no significance in that; the significance is of ‘alochana-pratikraman-pratyakhyan’ (acknowledgement of the mistake, repentance and asking for forgiveness for the mistake, remorse and avowal not to repeat the mistake, respectively).
The one whose ‘alochana (confession of mistakes), pratikraman (asking for forgiveness) and pratyakhyan (avowal to never repeat the mistake)’ are true (done correctly), he is bound to attain the knowledge of the Self (attain self realization).
The fragility of love is what is most at stake here — humanity's most crucial three-word avowal is often uttered only to find itself suddenly embarrassing or orphaned or isolated or ill-timed — but strangely enough it can work better as a literal or reassuring statement than a transcendent or numinous or ecstatic one.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 44 times in crossword archives (1978–2025).