What Does Avowal Mean

: an open declaration or acknowledgment.

How do you use avowal in a sentence?

Avowal sentence example In 1672 he made a public avowal of his conversion to Roman Catholicism. But yet there was evidence of innocence in his open avowal of admiration. Agrippa, the grandson of Herod the Great, was an avowed partisan of the new emperor and had paid penalty for a premature avowal of his preference.

What does being subdued mean?

1 : to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish. 2 : to bring under control especially by an exertion of the will : curb subdued my foolish fears.