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avowed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective avowed has 1 sense
- avowed(s = adj.all) professed - openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"
THESAURUS
avowed
accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, alleged, allowed, announced, approved, asserted, asseverated, attested, authenticated, averred, avouched, certified, claimed, conceded, confessed, confirmed, countersigned, declared, deposed, endorsed, enunciated, granted, hypocritical, in name only, manifestoed, notarized, ostensible, pledged, predicated, pretended, pretexted, professed, pronounced, purported, ratified, received, recognized, sealed, signed, so-called, specious, stamped, stated, sworn, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, underwritten, validated, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted
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