"avowed" in the verb sense
1. affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
"Before God I swear I am innocent"
2. avow, avouch
admit openly and bluntly make no bones about
"avowed" in the adjective sense
1. avowed, professed
openly declared as such
"an avowed enemy"
"her professed love of everything about that country"
"McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"
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