Synonyms for affidavit
ˌæf ɪˈdeɪ vɪtaf·fi·davit

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1. affidavit

   In the highest sense, as in a court of justice, "an oath is a reverent appeal to God in corroboration of what one says," Abbott Law Dict.; an affidavit is a sworn statement made in writing in the presence of a competent officer; an adjuration is a solemn appeal to a person in the name of God to speak the truth. An oath is made to man in the name of God; a vow, to God without the intervention, often without the knowledge, of man. In the lower sense, an oath may be mere blasphemy or profane swearing. Anathema, curse, execration, and imprecation are modes of invoking vengeance or retribution from a superhuman power upon the person against whom they are uttered. Anathema is a solemn ecclesiastical condemnation of a person or of a proposition. Curse may be just and authoritative; as, the curse of God; or, it may be wanton and powerless: "so the curse causeless shall not come," Prov. xxvi, 2. Execration expresses most of personal bitterness and hatred; imprecation refers especially to the coming of the desired evil upon the person against whom it is uttered. Malediction is a general wish of evil, a less usual but very expressive word. Compare TESTIMONY.

   Synonyms:
   adjuration, anathema, ban, blaspheming, blasphemy, curse, cursing, denunciation, execration, imprecation, malediction, oath, profane swearing, profanity, reprobation, swearing, sworn statement, vow

   Antonyms:
   benediction, benison, blessing

Princeton's WordNet

1. affidavitnoun

   written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath

Matched Categories

1. • Legal Document
   • Testimony

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1. affidavitnoun

   Synonyms:
   testimony (in writing, signed and sworn to before a magistrate, but given without cross-examination), evidence, DEPOSITION

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1. affidavitnoun

   Synonyms:
   deposition

   Associated words:
   affiant, deponent, jurant, depose

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1. List of paraphrases for "affidavit":

   affidavits

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1. Rhode Island:

   Following the demonstration, the Rhode Island State Police and Providence Police Department received complaints of physical assaults that occurred during the demonstration. As the result of a joint investigation between the two agencies, a Providence Police Patrolman, identified as Jeann Lugo, age 35, was arrested on a State Police affidavit and arrest warrant on the charges of simple assault and disorderly conduct.

2. Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens:

   We've got an affidavit that is not first-hand knowledge !

3. Mario M Cuomo:

   I am a trial lawyer. ... Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit.

4. John Barrasso:

   I am grateful to the lead investigator for providing the committee with all of the facts of the case, not only did Tracy Stone-Manning collaborate with ecoterrorists, she also helped plan the tree spiking in Clearwater National Forest. She has been covering up these actions for decades, including on her sworn affidavit to the committee. This new information confirms that Tracy Stone-Manning lied to the committee that she was never a target of an investigation. The nominee has no business leading the Bureau of Land Management. President Biden must withdraw her nomination and if he does not, the Senate must vote it down.

5. Beau Phillips:

   General Allen’s counsel is deeply concerned about the serious and damaging ethical breach that occurred with the public release of a search warrant affidavit containing confidential grand jury information, not only did the breach offend longstanding law and Department of Justice policy on the confidentiality of ongoing investigations, but the narrative presented in the affidavit and now made public also is factually inaccurate, incomplete, and misleading.