avowed

Speech parts

1. avowed - Adjective

2. avowed - Verb

4. avowed - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Avow

Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

professed swan frank known said received open direct accepted maintain recognized declared approved acknowledged pronounced
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Antonyms

privy classified stopped unspoken concealed backstairs
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Related terms

avowable

Phrases with the word

avowed intent avowed house

Examples

It was also during my tenure of office that the Japanese Government agreed to the conclusion of a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and signed it, pursuing a policy in harmony with the avowed desire of the people. Eisaku Sato

Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed. Charles Babbage

No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils. Elihu Root

I'm really not an avowed heterosexual. I'm no more proud of it than of being white or tall. George Weinberg

He who would valiant be against all disaster; Let him in constancy Follow the Master. There's no discouragement Shall make him once relent; His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim. John Buchan

Opposition, nay, open, avowed resistance by arms, against usurpation and lawless violence, is not rebellion by the law of God or the land. John Adams

Close letter words and terms

avowal avowance avowant avowed house avowed intent avowedly