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1. Openly declared as such
   "an avowed enemy"
   - professed

1. To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
   - affirm, verify, assert, aver, swan, swear
    
2. Admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
   - avouch

See also: avowal, avower, declared

Type of: acknowledge, admit, declare

Antonym: disavow