What is the meaning of avowed?

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verb

To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
- usage: "Before God I swear I am innocent"
- synonyms: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
Admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about.
- synonyms: avow, avouch

adjective

Openly declared as such.
- usage: "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"
- synonyms: professed

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