Synonyms for bear witness
bear wit·ness

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1. bear witnessverb

   Synonyms:
   testify

2. bear witnessverb

   To deliver a testimony, especially as witness

   He hesitated to bear witness against them in court for fear of reprisals by the fellons' accomplices

   Synonyms:
   testify

3. bear witnessverb

   To prove, demonstrate

   The dubious state of the whole society bears witness of years of misrule

   Synonyms:
   testify

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1. testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, showverb

   provide evidence for

   "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

   Synonyms:
   attest, express, rise, leaven, demo, try, exhibit, register, show, testify, establish, depict, test, evidence, try out, tell, present, read, point, examine, indicate, take the stand, record, picture, certify, usher, designate, essay, raise, render, evince, prove, shew, turn out, demonstrate, manifest, show up, turn up

2. testify, attest, take the stand, bear witnessverb

   give testimony in a court of law

   Synonyms:
   testify, demonstrate, take the stand, evidence, show, attest, certify, manifest, prove

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1. bear witness

   Synonyms:
   testify, depose, state, affirm, declare, aver, avow, say, SWEAR

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1. Ron Wyden:

   If politicians want to restrict the First Amendment or eliminate the tools with which much of the world communicates in real time, they should understand they are also taking away the tools that bear witness to government brutality, war crimes, corporate lawlessness and incidents of racial bias.

2. Alexandra Miller:

   In coming to Arizona, President Biden has an important opportunity to bear witness to the cruelty that migrants are experiencing at the border and to see the hard work that humanitarian organizations, legal service providers and other good Samaritans are doing at the border every day, unfortunately, it looks like this opportunity will be missed.

3. Rabbi Davidson:

   We made the journey to bring relief, but we also made it to bear witness to the suffering of the Ukrainian people, in a world that too often not only turns a blind eye to human suffering but allows it to be written out of history altogether. We just know from our own experience that bearing witness is a sacred duty.

4. Alcoholics Anonymous Prayer:

   God, I offer myself to Thee, to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy power, Thy love and Thy way of life. May I do Thy will always. Amen.

5. Santiago Lyon:

   Abd is an internationally celebrated journalist who upholds the AP's high standards of ethics and integrity, independent news organizations must be permitted to bear witness to news events without fear of government interference or reprisal.