avowableadj.
/əˈvaʊəb(ə)l/ Capable of being avowed: †(a) to be sanctioned, or approved of (obsolete); (b) to be acknowledged, confessed, or declared.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective]
acceptablea1382
acceptedc1384
admittable?1406
approvablec1449
eligiblea1500
plausible1541
admissable1587
avowable1602
applausive1605
admissible1611
vendible1642
plaudablea1650
unexceptionable1664
favourable1666
unobnoxious1678
unexceptioned1704
right1748
unregrettable1748
undisgusting1755
unexceptional1775
all right1868
unarraignable1886
the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > [adjective] > in a state of acknowledgement > to be
avowable1602
1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill i. xxix. 38 No souldier departing from his Ensigne without leaue can be excused, nor his absence auowable.
1624 J. Donne Deuotions ix. 209 The proceedings may bee apert, and..auowable.
1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 119 This is not an avowable reason.
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adj.1602- to give an accused person the benefit of the doubt
- to give an animal one's wind
- to give an edge to
- to give an end
- to give an eye to
- to give an inkling
- to give an inkling of something
- to give an item
- to give an object in charge (to
- to give an old-fashioned look
- to give an oldfashioned look
- to give an open ear
- to give and bequeath
- to give and devise
- to give and take
- to give another thought
- to give any one a bit of one's mind
- to give any one the bob
- to give any one the dor
- to give arms
- to give as good as he brings or one gets
- to give assign journey of battle, treaty
- to give attempt
- to give attitude
- to give audience