Synonyms:
avowal, avouchment, affirmation
Meaning: a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
Usage examples
At this positive affirmation I stood amazed and speechless.
This affirmation and denial form an issue, and this issue--this question is precisely what the text declares our fathers understood "better than we."
The doctrine seemingly most unpopular was found to be the only strength of the people. In short, we found that the only logical negation of oligarchy was in the affirmation of original sin.
To make such an affirmation about a being absolutely infinite and supremely perfect is absurd; therefore, neither in the nature of God, nor externally to his nature, can a cause or reason be assigned which would annul his existence.