| Main Entry: | averment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assertion |
Synonyms: |
affirmation, allegation, asseveration, avouchment, declaration, protestation, statement, verification |
| Main Entry: | admission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confession or acknowledgment |
Synonyms: |
accession, admittance, affidavit, affirmation, allowance, assent, assertion, attestation, averment, avowal, concession, confirmation, declaration, deposition, disclosure, divulgence, profession, revelation, statement, testimonial, testimony |
| Notes: | admission implies a physical entrance, whereas admittance implies some sort of procedural or merely formal entry; admission correlates with permission to move into a room or building but admittance correlates with acceptance into a group or organization admission falls short of an acknowledgment of all elements of a crime - which would be a confession |
Antonyms: |
denial, disallowance, refusal, repudiation |
| Main Entry: | affirmation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration of the truth of something |
Synonyms: |
affidavit, assertion, asseveration, attestation, averment, avouchment, avowal, certification, confirmation, declaration, green light, oath, okay, pronouncement, ratification, stamp of approval, statement, sworn statement, testimonial, testimony |
Antonyms: |
denial, negation, nullification, veto |
| Main Entry: | declaration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assertion of belief or knowledge |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, admission, advertisement, affirmation, allegation, announcement, answer, attestation, averment, avowal, bomb*, broadcast, communication, deposition, disclosure, enunciation, explanation, exposition, expression, hot air, information, notice, notification, oath, pitch, presentation, profession, promulgation, protestation, publication, remark, report, revelation, say so, saying, spiel*, statement, story, testimony, two cents' worth, utterance |
Antonyms: |
denial, disavowal, retraction |
| Main Entry: | evidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proof |
Synonyms: |
affirmation, attestation, averment, cincher, clincher, clue, confirmation, corroboration, cue, data, declaration, demonstration, deposition, documentation, dope*, goods*, gospel, grabber, grounds, index, indication, indicia, info, information, manifestation, mark, sign, significant, smoking gun, substantiation, symptom, testament, testimonial, testimony, token, witness |
Antonyms: |
contradiction, disproof, heresay, refutation |
| Main Entry: | proof |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence, authentication |
Synonyms: |
affidavit, argument, attestation, averment, case, certification, chapter and verse, clincher, clue, confirmation, corroboration, credentials, criterion, cue*, data, demonstration, deposition, documents, establishment, exhibit, facts, goods*, grabber, grounds, information, lowdown, nitty-gritty, paper trail, picture, reason, reasons, record, scoop*, score*, skinny*, smoking gun, straight stuff, substantiation, testament, testimony, trace, validation, verification, warrant, wherefore, why*, whyfor, witness |
Antonyms: |
hypothesis, theory |
| Main Entry: | statement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration, assertion |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, account, acknowledgment, affidavit, affirmation, allegation, announcement, articulation, aside, asseveration, assurance, averment, avowal, blow-by-blow, charge, comment, communication, communiqué, description, dictum, ejaculation, explanation, make*, manifesto, mention, narrative, observation, picture, presentation, presentment, proclamation, profession, protestation, recital, recitation, relation, remark, report, rundown, testimony, utterance, ventilation, verbalization, vocalization, voice, word |
Antonyms: |
question, request |
| Main Entry: | verification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proof |
Synonyms: |
affidavit, attestation, authentication, averment, certification, confirmation, credentials, deposition, documents, endorsement, evidence, facts, information, record, scoop*, seal, signature, stamp, substantiation, testament, testimony |
| Main Entry: | asseveration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assertion |
Synonyms: |
affirmation, allegation, averment, claim, contention, declaration, pronouncement, statement |
| Main Entry: | admission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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