Adjective avowed has 1 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"
    Antonym: undeclared (indirect, via declared)
,Verb avow has 2 senses
  1. affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
    --1 is one way to declare
    Derived forms: noun avower2, noun avowal1
    Sample sentence:
    They avow that there was a traffic accident
  2. avow, avouch - admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
    --2 is one way to admit, acknowledge
    Antonyms: disavow
    Derived form: noun avower1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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