0 present participle of avow
1 to admit something or say something publicly:
[ + that ] He avowed that he regretted what he had done.
It is a society in which homosexuality is rarely avowed.
Here, the artist protects himself from the pressures of contradictory forces - the im/possibility of art under commodification - by simultaneously avowing and disavowing his work's critical existence.
And, avowing them, they hold themselves open to criticism in the event of not proving to live up to them: not proving to satisfy rational unity in their regard.
I should begin by avowing a sort of interest.
In the third edition the publishers and author inserted a joint note avowing the real character of the book.
