Synonyms for Setting down:

v.

•affirming (verb)
contending, supporting, Attesting, verifying, professing, Expressing, Pronouncing, Affirming, Warranting, Acknowledging, Maintaining, approving, Propounding, Certifying, Stating, Sustaining, assuring, Testifying, Adjuring, Declaring, promising, Pledging, Corroborating, asserting, Ratifying, Submitting, Averring, Endorsing, accepting, Admitting, Claiming, Proclaiming, Avouching, validating.