Avowal vs. Vow — What's the Difference?

A frank admission or acknowledgment.

A vow (Lat. votum, vow, promise; see vote) is a promise or oath.

An open declaration of affirmation or admission of knowledge.

An earnest promise to perform a specified act or behave in a certain manner, especially a solemn promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order

An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles.

To promise solemnly; pledge.

A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

To make a pledge or threat to undertake

To make a vow; promise.

To declare or assert

A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.

A declaration or assertion.

(obsolete) A votive offering.

(ambitransitive) To make a vow; to promise.

(transitive) To make a vow regarding (something).

To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.

A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty.

Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow.

To give, consecrate, or dedicate to God, or to some deity, by a solemn promise; to devote; to promise solemnly.

To assert solemnly; to asseverate.

To make a vow, or solemn promise.

A solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner;

Make a vow; promise;

Dedicate to a deity by a vow